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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「高人雅士」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Gao Ren: a person with noble aspirations and behaviors, mostly referring to hermits; Ya: elegant, refined. A person with noble aspirations and elegant style.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gāo rén yǎ shì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gou1 yan4 nga5 si6/si2

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