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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「修舊利廢」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
Repair the old ones and make use of the waste. Refers to practicing strict economy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiū jiù lì fèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sau1 gau6 lei6 fai3
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