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The featured idiom 「矜名妒能」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Pride: boast; jealousy: jealousy. Boasting about one’s own reputation and being jealous of others’ talents.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīn míng dù néng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ging1 ming4/meng2 dou3 nang4

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