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Here is the Chinese idiom 「不堪入耳」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Kan: can, be able to; ru’er: listen. Refers to saying things that are hard to listen to (mostly referring to dirty words).

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù kān rù ěr

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 ham1 yap6 yi5

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