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Discover the idiom 「求馬唐肆」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Tang: originally refers to a house without walls, extended to mean empty; Si: shop, here refers to a place where horses are sold. Go to a place that is not a horse-staying place to look for horses. A metaphor for seeking what you need where there is nothing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiú mǎ táng sì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kau4 ma5 tong4 si3

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