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We’re presenting the idiom 「埋頭顧影」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Describes a pretentious person who secretly observes the reaction of the outside world.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mái tóu gù yǐng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maai4 tau4 gu3 ying2
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