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The idiom being introduced now is 「一毫不染」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Refers to being spotless.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī háo bù rǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 hou4 bat1 yim5
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