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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「海水難量」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Seawater cannot be measured. A metaphor for not underestimating someone’s future based on his current situation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hǎi shuǐ nán liàng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hoi2 seui2 naan4 leung4/leung6
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