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Let’s learn about the idiom 「鳥哭猿啼」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Generally refers to the cries of animals. Describes a sad scene.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

niǎo kū yuán tí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

niu5 huk1 yun4 tai4

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