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Here, we present the idiom 「瑣尾流離」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Suowei: beautiful when small; Liuli: another name for owl. Owls are very cute when they are small, but very ugly when they grow up. A metaphor for a situation that changes from a smooth one to a difficult one.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
suǒ wěi liú lí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
so2 mei5 lau4 lei4
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