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Here’s the idiom 「燕額虎頭」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Describes a majestic appearance. Refers to military generals and warriors. Same as “swallow chin and tiger head”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yàn é hǔ tóu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yin3 ngaak2 fu2 tau4
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