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Today’s idiom is 「龍吟虎嘯」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Like a dragon roaring and a tiger howling. A metaphor for the mutual influence of related things. It also describes a person’s success.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lóng yín hǔ xiào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lung4 ngam4 fu2 siu3
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