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Let’s learn about the idiom 「捉虎擒蛟」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Jiao: Jiaolong. He can go up the mountain to catch tigers and go down to the sea to capture dragons. A metaphor for great abilities.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhuō hǔ qín jiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

juk1 fu2 kam4 gaau1

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