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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「新亭對泣」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Xinting: an ancient place name, its former site is located in the south of today’s Nanjing city; cry: cry softly. It expresses the feeling of being saddened by the national disaster and helpless.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn tíng duì qì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

san1 ting4 deui3 yap1

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