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We’re presenting the idiom 「金鳷擘海」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

It is a metaphor for poetry that is vigorous, powerful, profound and thorough.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīn zhī bò hǎi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gam1 ji1 maak3 hoi2

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