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Introducing the idiom 「鯨吸牛飲」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Whale sucking: like a whale sucking water. Like a whale sucking water from a river, like a cow drinking water from a pond. A metaphor for drinking heavily.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jīng xī niú yǐn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
king4 kap1 ngau4 yam2
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