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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「心同止水」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Describes a state of mind that is calm and free of distractions. Same as “a mind as calm as still water”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn tóng zhǐ shuǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 tung4 ji2 seui2

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