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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「告老在家」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Retire: retire due to old age; home: hometown, native place. It refers to quitting one’s job due to old age and spending one’s twilight years in one’s hometown.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gào lǎo zài jiā
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gou3 lou5 joi6 ga1
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