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Here’s the idiom 「莊生夢蝶」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Zhuang Sheng: Zhuang Zhou from the Warring States Period. Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he turned into a butterfly. A metaphor for the pleasure in dreams or the unpredictable nature of life. Also known as “Zhuang Zhou Dreaming of the Butterfly”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhuāng shēng mèng dié
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jong1 saang1/sang1 mung6 dip6/dip2
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