4 characters Idiom and proverb 10 982

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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「性烈如火」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Sex: temperament, temper. Describes a bad temper.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xìng liè rú huǒ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sing3 lit6 yu4 fo2

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