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Let’s learn about the idiom 「龍潭虎穴」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

A deep water pit where dragons live, a lair where tigers hide. A metaphor for an extremely dangerous place.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lóng tán hǔ xué

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lung4 taam4 fu2 yut6

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