4 characters Idiom and proverb 16 984

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Today’s idiom is 「骨瘦形銷」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Describes being extremely thin.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǔ shòu xíng xiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gwat1 sau3 ying4 siu1

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