4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 471

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Our focus this time is on the idiom 「心腹之交」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Refers to a confidant and reliable friend.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn fù zhī jiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 fuk1 ji1 gaau1

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