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Chinese language progresses from characters to idioms. This free guide explains the advanced idiom 「鳳靡鸞吪」 for better learning.

This feature highlights the idiom 「鳳靡鸞吪」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

Mi: refers to the death of Feng; 吪: refers to the death of Luan. A metaphor for death. In the old days, most of them were elegies.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fèng mí luán é

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fung6 mei5 lyun4 ngo4

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