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Introducing the idiom 「萬籟俱寂」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Lai: the sound coming from a hole; Wanlai: various sounds made by all things in nature; Ji: quiet. Describes the surrounding environment as very quiet, with no sound at all.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wàn lài jù jì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maan6 laai6 keui1 jik6
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