4 characters Idiom and proverb 16 945

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This feature highlights the idiom 「馬放南山」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

It is a metaphor for peace in the world and no more war. Now it is used to describe mental paralysis.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mǎ fàng nán shān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ma5 fong3 naam4 saan1

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