4 characters Idiom and proverb 19 473

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Let’s learn about the idiom 「雪鬢霜毛」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Refers to the elderly. Same as “snowy hair and frosty mounds”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xuě bìn shuāng máo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

syut3 ban3 seung1 mou1/mou4

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