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The Chinese idiom 「吞聲飲泣」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.

Describes crying silently.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tūn shēng yǐn qì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tan1 seng1 yam2 yap1

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