4 characters Idiom and proverb 17 847

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We’re presenting the idiom 「捱三頂五」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Describes a crowd that is crowded and continuous.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

ái sān dǐng wǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ngaai4 saam1 ding2/deng2 ng5

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