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Here is the Chinese idiom 「係風捕影」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
Tie the wind and catch the shadow. A metaphor for something that cannot be done. It also refers to basing one’s words and actions on unreliable rumors or superficial phenomena.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xì fēng bǔ yǐng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hai6 fung1 bou6 ying2
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