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Free Chinese learning materials for you! This series uncovers idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning. Let’s break down 「人急偎親」 and its usage.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「人急偎親」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

It means that when people are in danger, they want to rely on their relatives and friends.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rén jí wēi qīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan4 gap1 wui1 chan1

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