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Let’s dive into the idiom 「神道設教」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Shinto: Originally refers to heavenly teaching, that is, the principles of gods, and later refers to theories about ghosts and gods, and good and bad fortune. Using superstition about ghosts and gods as a means of education.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shén dào shè jiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

san4 dou6 chit3 gaau3

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