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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「懸崖撒手」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

① It is a metaphor for a person who is in a desperate situation and has no choice but to make another choice without looking back. ② Refers to putting everything aside in an emergency.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xuán yá sā shǒu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yun4 ngaai4 saat3 sau2

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