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Let’s learn about the idiom 「響徹雲宵」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Che: to penetrate; to see through; Yunxiao: high altitude. The sound was so loud that it seemed to penetrate the clouds and reach the sky. Describes a loud and high-pitched voice.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xiǎng chè yún xiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

heung2 chit3 wan4 siu1

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