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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「苟且之心」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Gouqie: to get by. It means to live in a day-to-day manner and only care about the present. It also refers to the thought of doing something improper. Generally refers to the relationship between men and women.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǒu qiě zhī xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gau2 che2 ji1 sam1

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