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We’re presenting the idiom 「南箕北鬥」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Ji: The name of a constellation, shaped like a winnowing dustpan; Dou: The name of a constellation, shaped like a wine bucket. A metaphor for something that has a reputation but is useless.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
nán jī běi dòu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
naam4 gei1 bak1 dau3
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