4 characters Idiom and proverb 26 458

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Discover the idiom 「齒如編貝」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Describes teeth that are neat and white. Shell, white snail shell.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chǐ rú biān bèi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chi2 yu4 pin1 bui3

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