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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「威風八面」.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「威風八面」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Describes a person who is full of spirit and intimidating momentum.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wēi fēng bā miàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wai1 fung1 baat3 min6/min2

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