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Today, we explore the idiom 「水剩山殘」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
It usually refers to the scene of a country being divided and mountains and rivers being ruined after the country is destroyed or after a disaster.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shuǐ shèng shān cán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seui2 jing6 saan1 chaan4
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