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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「隱隱約約」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Refers to something that looks or sounds fuzzy, not very clear, or doesn’t feel very obvious.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǐn yǐn yuē yuē

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan2 yan2 yeuk3 yeuk3

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