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Let’s dive into the idiom 「乍暖還寒」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Describes the unpredictable weather in late winter and early spring, which is hot and cold.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhà nuǎn hái hán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ja3 nyun5 waan4 hon4

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