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The idiom being introduced now is 「傳神阿堵」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Chuansheng: refers to the vivid and lifelike characters portrayed in good literary and artistic works; Adu: spoken language in the Six Dynasties, meaning this or this. Describes the ability to capture the spirit of a person by describing him or her through pictures or words.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chuán shén ā dǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chyun4 san4 a3 dou2
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