4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 915

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This feature highlights the idiom 「毛羽零落」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

A metaphor for losing a helper or a close person.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

máo yǔ líng luò

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mou1/mou4 yu5 ling4 lok6

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