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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「龍肝鳳髓」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

A metaphor for extremely rare and precious food.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lóng gān fèng suǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lung4 gon1 fung6 seui5

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