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Introducing the idiom 「九關虎豹」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
A metaphor for a cruel and powerful official.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiǔ guān hǔ bào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gau2 gwaan1 fu2 paau3
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