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Today’s idiom is 「不牧之地」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Land that cannot be used to graze cattle and horses. Refers to wasteland.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù mù zhī dì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 muk6 ji1 dei6/dei2

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