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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「呼吸之間」, with more below.

Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「呼吸之間」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

Describes an extremely short period of time.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hū xī zhī jiān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fu1 kap1 ji1 gaan1

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