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Introducing the idiom 「昧死以聞」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Mi: to take risk. Wen: to make someone hear. I am reporting this to you at the risk of death. Expressing caution and fear.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mèi sǐ yǐ wén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mui6 sei2 yi5 man4

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