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Let’s learn about the idiom 「鉤章棘句」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Hook: bend; chapter: chapter; thorn: thorn; sentence: sentence. Used to describe text that is difficult and awkward to understand.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gōu zhāng jí jù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ngau1 jeung1 kik1/gik1 geui3

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