4 characters Idiom and proverb 22 908

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This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「群鴻戲海」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Hong: wild goose; Hai: refers to a large lake. Like many flying geese playing in the big lake. Describes calligraphy as vigorous and flexible.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qún hóng xì hǎi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kwan4 hung4 hei3 hoi2

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