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Our focus this time is on the idiom 「雞犬不驚」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

It describes the strict marching discipline, where even the chickens and dogs were not alarmed. It also means safe and sound.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jī quǎn bù jīng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gai1 hyun2 bat1 geng1

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