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Today’s idiom is 「阿家阿翁」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

A: The prefix of a noun. Jia: Same as “gu”, husband’s mother. Weng: husband’s father. Refers to parents-in-law.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

ā jiā ā wēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

a3 ga1 a3 yung1

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