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The featured idiom 「血雨腥風」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

There was a fishy smell in the wind and the raindrops carried blood. Describes the dangerous atmosphere or environment of crazy killing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xuè yǔ xīng fēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hyut3 yu5 seng1 fung1

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