4 characters Idiom and proverb 24 948

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This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「銘肌鏤骨」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Describes a feeling that is extremely deep and will never be forgotten.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

míng jī lòu gǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ming4 gei1 lau6 gwat1

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