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Here’s the idiom 「骨肉未寒」, with its definition and practical application described below.
The flesh and bones are not yet cold. Refers to someone who has died recently.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gǔ ròu wèi hán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gwat1 yuk6 mei6 hon4
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