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Let’s dive into the idiom 「枝大於本」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
The branches are larger than the trunk. It is a metaphor that the power of ministers exceeds that of the emperor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhī dà yú běn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji1 daai6 yu1 bun2
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