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Here is the Chinese idiom 「鳩形鵠面」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Describes a thin body and haggard face.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiū xíng hú miàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gau1 ying4 huk6 min6/min2

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