4 characters Idiom and proverb 10 701

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The Chinese idiom 「夜長夢多」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.

It is a metaphor that if time goes on, the situation may change unfavorably.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yè zhǎng mèng duō

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ye6 cheung4/jeung2 mung6 do1

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