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Today’s idiom is 「一波萬波」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

A metaphor for the continuous development and changes after something starts. Same as “One wave moves and thousands of waves follow.”

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī bō wàn bō

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 bo1 maan6 bo1

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