4 characters Idiom and proverb 15 916

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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「海沸山崩」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

A metaphor for great momentum or power. Same as “the sea boils and the mountains crack.”

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hǎi fèi shān bēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hoi2 fai3 saan1 bang1

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