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Here, we present the idiom 「橫蠻無理」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Rude and unreasonable attitude.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

héng mán wú lǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

waang4 maan4 mou4 lei5

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