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Here’s the idiom 「四大皆空」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Four Elements: In ancient India, earth, water, fire and wind were called the “Four Elements”. Buddhist term. It means that everything in the world is empty. It is a negative thought.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sì dà jiē kōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sei3 daai6 gaai1 hung1
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