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The featured idiom 「擎天之柱」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Support: lift upwards. A huge pillar that can hold up the sky. According to ancient mythology, there are eight pillars supporting the sky on Mount Kunlun. Later it was used to refer to people who can bear heavy responsibilities.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qíng tiān zhī zhù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
king4 tin1 ji1 chyu5
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