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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「剖心析膽」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

It’s like dissecting the heart and liver. Describes showing sincerity to each other.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pōu xīn xī dǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fau2 sam1 sik1 daam2

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