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Today’s idiom is 「木壞山頹」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Wood: beam. Mountain: refers to Mount Tai. Tui: fall down. When the beam breaks, Mount Tai collapses. A metaphor for the death of a respected person. Also known as “Taishan Beam”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mù huài shān tuí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
muk6 waai6 saan1 teui4
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