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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「鏘金鳴玉」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

The sound made by the collision of gold and jade. The metaphor uses loud syllables and beautiful verses.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiāng jīn míng yù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheung1 gam1 ming4 yuk6

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