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The featured idiom 「下筆千言」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Thousand words: a long speech. Describes someone who is quick-witted and writes quickly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xià bǐ qiān yán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ha6 bat1 chin1 yin4
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