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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「一國三公」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
Gong: A general term for the rulers of ancient vassal states. A country has three people who run the government. It is a metaphor for the lack of unified authority, which makes people not know who to listen to.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī guó sān gōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yat1 gwok3 saam1 gung1
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