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Let’s dive into the idiom 「挨肩擦臉」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
Adjacent: close to. Rub, contact. Describes a state of intimacy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
āi jiān cā liǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
aai1 gin1 chaat3 lim5
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