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Here’s the idiom 「撮鹽入火」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Pick up: to take things with fingers. The salt exploded when placed in the fire. A metaphor for having an impatient temperament.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cuō yán rù huǒ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chyut3 yim4 yap6 fo2

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