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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「海立雲垂」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Used to describe writing with great vigor and courage.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hǎi lì yún chuí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hoi2 lap6 wan4 seui4

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