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Today, we explore the idiom 「竊竊私語」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Talk in a low voice behind someone’s back.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiè qiè sī yǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sit3 sit3 si1 yu5

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