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The featured idiom 「狗吠之警」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
A metaphor for a slight startle or disturbance.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gǒu fèi zhī jǐng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gau2 fai6 ji1 ging2
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