4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 339

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The idiom being introduced now is 「心力衰竭」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

Also known as congestive heart failure or heart failure. The heart’s blood discharge function is weakened due to disease, overwork, and so the amount of blood discharged cannot meet the metabolic needs of organs and tissues. The main symptoms are dyspnea, wheezing, edema, etc.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn lì shuāi jié

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 lik6 seui1 kit3

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