4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 885

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This feature highlights the idiom 「比物連類」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

Lian: connect. Connect similar things to make comparisons.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bǐ wù lián lèi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bei2 mat6 lin4 leui6

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