4 characters Idiom and proverb 3 948

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This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「化若偃草」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

It means that the promotion of education is as quick as the wind blowing and the grass falling. Describes the ease of implementing education.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huà ruò yǎn cǎo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fa3 yeuk6 yin2 chou2

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