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Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「幕燕鼎魚」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

It is a metaphor for a very dangerous situation that is about to be destroyed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mù yàn dǐng yú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mok6 yin3 ding2 yu2

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