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The featured idiom 「七推八阻」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

A metaphor for being intentionally difficult.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qī tuī bā zǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chat1 teui1 baat3 jo2

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