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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「燕儔鶯侶」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

A metaphor for a young female companion. It also refers to young men and women in love. Same as “a couple of swallows and orioles”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yàn chóu yīng lǚ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yin3 chau4 ang1 leui5

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