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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「窮凶極惡」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Poor: Extreme. Describes extreme cruelty and viciousness.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qióng xiōng jí è

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kung4 hung1 gik6 ok3

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