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The idiom 「洞隱燭微」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Describes a person who has a sharp eye and observes things deeply and thoroughly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dòng yǐn zhú wēi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dung6 yan2 juk1 mei4

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