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Here, we present the idiom 「燕子銜食」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

A metaphor for the hardships of raising a child.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yàn zǐ xián shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yin3 ji2 haam4 sik6

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