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Here, we present the idiom 「神湛骨寒」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Describes danger and fear.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shén zhàn gǔ hán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

san4 jaam3 gwat1 hon4

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