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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「流落天涯」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Tianya: The edge of the sky, referring to a very far place. Poor and destitute, wandering around. Describes an unstable and extremely difficult life.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

liú luò tiān yá

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lau4 lok6 tin1 ngaai4

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