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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「一針見血」, detailing its meaning and use.

Here’s the idiom 「一針見血」, with its definition and practical application described below.

A metaphor for speaking directly and to the point.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī zhēn jiàn xuè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 jam1 gin3 hyut3

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