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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「降妖捉怪」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
Originally it meant that people with magical powers could subdue goblins and capture ghosts. Later it was used as a metaphor to defeat a vicious enemy with powerful force.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiàng yāo zhuō guài
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gong3 yiu2 juk1 gwaai3
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