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The featured idiom 「天高地下」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

①A metaphor for the difference between superiors and inferiors. ② Metaphor for various situations.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tiān gāo dì xià

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tin1 gou1 dei6 ha2

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