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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「振臂一呼」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Zhen: wave. Wave arms and shout (mostly used in calls).

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhèn bì yī hū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jan3 bei3 yat1 fu1

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