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Chinese language progresses from characters to idioms. This free guide explains the advanced idiom 「市井之臣」 for better learning.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「市井之臣」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Market: The place where people do business in ancient times. It used to refer to ordinary people in cities.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shì jǐng zhī chén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si5 jeng2 ji1 san4

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