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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「石火電光」.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「石火電光」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Describes things that disappear in an instant like lightning and sparks.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shí huǒ diàn guāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sek6 fo2 din6 gwong1

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