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The idiom 「喉長氣短」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
It is a metaphor for something that is troublesome and difficult.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hóu zhǎng qì duǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hau4 cheung4 hei3 dyun2
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