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Here, we present the idiom 「一見如舊」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

We hit it off right away when we first met, just like old friends.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī jiàn rú jiù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 gin3 yu4 gau6

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