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Here’s the idiom 「星馳電掣」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Chi: Mercedes-Benz. It rushes like a star and flashes like lightning. Describes something extremely fast.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīng chí diàn chè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sing1 chi4 din6 jai3

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