4 characters Idiom and proverb 22 599

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This introduction highlights the idiom 「滔滔滾滾」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

The appearance of rushing water. Often used to describe continuous speech. It also refers to a huge momentum.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tāo tāo gǔn gǔn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tou1 tou1 gwan2 gwan2

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