4 characters Idiom and proverb 14 243

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Introducing the idiom 「若存若亡」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Sometimes I keep it in mind, sometimes I forget it. Used to describe something that is elusive and difficult to grasp.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

ruò cún ruò wáng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yeuk6 chyun4 yeuk6 mong4

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