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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「弦外之響」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

A metaphor for implied meaning.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xián wài zhī xiǎng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yin4 ngoi6 ji1 heung2

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