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To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「古為今用」 explained, free of charge.

The idiom 「古為今用」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.

Critically inherit the cultural heritage and make it serve today’s proletarian politics.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǔ wéi jīn yòng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gu2 wai6/wai4 gam1 yung6

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