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The idiom 「火熱水深」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

① Like being in dire straits. A metaphor for a very difficult situation. ②Describes harshness and severity.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huǒ rè shuǐ shēn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fo2 yit6 seui2 sam1

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