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Today, we explore the idiom 「魄消魂散」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Describes extreme fear and panic. Same as “soul-splitting”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pò xiāo hún sàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

paak3 siu1 wan4 saan2

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