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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「霧鱗雲爪」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
It means to hide the head and show the tail, to be timid and fearful.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wù lín yún zhǎo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mou6 leun4 wan4 jaau2
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