4 characters Idiom and proverb 7 471

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Our focus this time is on the idiom 「安分守常」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Fen: duty; shou: maintain; chang: routine. Be honest and follow the rules, do your duty and don’t cause trouble

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

ān fèn shǒu cháng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

on1 fan1 sau2 seung4

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