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Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「後生可畏」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Housheng: young people, younger generation; Wei: awe. Young people are awesome. Describes young people who can surpass their predecessors.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hòu shēng kě wèi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hau6 saang1 ho2 wai3

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