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We’re presenting the idiom 「極而言之」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

In the most extreme case. It means to finish what you are saying.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jí ér yán zhī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gik6 yi4 yin4 ji1

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