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Today, we explore the idiom 「爍玉流金」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

It refers to extremely high temperature that can melt gold and stone. Describes extreme heat. Same as “sparkling stones and flowing gold”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shuò yù liú jīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

seuk3 yuk6 lau4 gam1

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