4 characters Idiom and proverb 8 259

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This introduction highlights the idiom 「耳鬢斯磨」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Temple: the hair near the ears on both sides of the cheeks; Si: against each other. Describes a scene of intimate interaction (mostly referring to children).

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

ěr bìn sī mó

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi5 ban3 si1 mo4

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