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Discover the idiom 「神工鬼斧」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Elephants were made by ghosts and gods. Describes artistic skills that are so high that they are beyond human reach.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shén gōng guǐ fǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

san4 gung1 gwai2 fu2

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