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Today’s idiom is 「不蔓不枝」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
It neither spreads nor branches. It is a metaphor for speaking or writing in a concise and to the point manner, without being verbose.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bù màn bù zhī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bat1 maan6 bat1 ji1
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