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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「禮壞樂崩」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

In ancient times, people created rituals and regarded them as the norms of social morality and behavior; they also used music as the norms of education. Describes an era of social disorder and unrest.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lǐ huài lè bēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lai5 waai6 lok6/ngok6 bang1

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