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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「聲嘶力竭」 and its explanation.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「聲嘶力竭」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Hiss: hoarse; exhaust: exhausted. My voice is hoarse and I am out of breath. Describes shouting with all one’s might.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shēng sī lì jié

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

seng1 sai1 lik6 kit3

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