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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「怨天尤人」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Tian: destiny, fate; You: resentment, blame. It means that when you encounter setbacks or problems, you just complain and blame others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yuàn tiān yóu rén
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun3 tin1 yau4 yan4
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