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The featured idiom 「壺天日月」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Refers to the Taoist immortal life. Same as “Sun and Moon in a Pot”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hú tiān rì yuè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wu2/wu4 tin1 yat6 yut6

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