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Let’s dive into the idiom 「老萊娛親」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

It means to be filial to one’s parents.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lǎo lái yú qīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lou5 loi4 yu4 chan1

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