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Today’s idiom is 「風雲變態」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Abnormality: Change of normality. The wind and clouds change the norm. Describes the variety of poetry and prose.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fēng yún biàn tài

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fung1 wan4 bin3 taai3

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