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Let’s learn about the idiom 「鼷鼠飲河」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
A metaphor for limited desires.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xī shǔ yǐn hé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hai4 syu2 yam2 ho4
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