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Today, we explore the idiom 「不通水火」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Describes not interacting with people.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù tōng shuǐ huǒ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 tung1 seui2 fo2

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