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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「逆阪走丸」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Roll the ball against the slope. A metaphor for something that is difficult to accomplish.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
nì bǎn zǒu wán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yik6 baan2 jau2 yun4/yun2
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