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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「形影不離」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

As inseparable as the image and its shadow. Describes a close relationship between two people and the fact that they are often together.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xíng yǐng bù lí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ying4 ying2 bat1 lei4

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