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This feature highlights the idiom 「鳳隻鸞孤」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Only: alone. Luan: According to legend, it is a bird similar to the phoenix. The phoenix and the phoenix are a metaphor for husband and wife. A single phoenix, a lonely luan. A metaphor for the separation of husband and wife.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fèng zhī luán gū
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fung6 jek3 lyun4 gu1
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