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Today’s idiom is 「鼓鼓囊囊」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

The soft outer skin is stuffed with something bulging; the appearance of something being stored is bulging.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǔ gǔ náng náng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gu2 gu2 nong4 nong4

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