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Here’s the idiom 「頰上三毫」, with its definition and practical application described below.
A metaphor for the spirit of an article or painting. Same as “three hairs on the cheek”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiá shàng sān háo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gaap3 seung5/seung6 saam1 hou4
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