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The idiom 「束上起下」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

It connects the past and the future. Mostly used in comments on poetry and prose.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shù shàng qǐ xià

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chuk1 seung5/seung6 hei2 ha6

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