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Today’s idiom is 「冰雪嚴寒」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Severe cold: extremely cold. It was icy and snowy and the weather was cold.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bīng xuě yán hán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bing1 syut3 yim4 hon4

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