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Today’s idiom is 「石赤不奪」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
The stone is hard and the cinnabar is bright red, neither of which can be changed. A metaphor for an unwavering will.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shí chì bù duó
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sek6 chek3 bat1 dyut6
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