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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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