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The featured idiom 「愀然無樂」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Sorrowful: a look of sadness. His face was sad and serious, and his heart was unhappy.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiǎo rán wú lè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chiu2 yin4 mou4 lok6/ngok6

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