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Learn about the idiom 「燕語鶯聲」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Oriole: oriole. The words of the swallows and the songs of the orioles. Originally used to describe the beautiful spring scenery. Later it was often used to describe the sound of young women laughing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yàn yǔ yīng shēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yin3 yu5 ang1 seng1

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