Understand the usage and meaning of 「麟子鳳雛」 with pinyin in Mandarin and Cantonese included.

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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「麟子鳳雛」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Son of Qilin, chick of Phoenix. A metaphor for a young, intelligent and handsome person.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lín zǐ fèng chú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

leun4 ji2 fung6 cho1

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