4 characters Idiom and proverb 28 713

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Let’s learn about the idiom 「舊恨新愁」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

New sorrows and old unresolved anguish.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiù hèn xīn chóu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gau6 han6 san1 sau4

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