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Let’s learn about the idiom 「三薰三沐」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
① Take multiple baths and apply perfume to the body. This was a kind of courtesy that showed great respect to people in ancient my country. Same as “three sacrifices and three baths”. ②To express piety. ③A metaphor for cultivation and support.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sān xūn sān mù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saam1 fan1 saam1 muk6
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