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Here’s the idiom 「酒食地獄」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Falling into the painful situation of being busy with drinking and socializing all day long.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiǔ shí dì yù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jau2 sik6 dei6 yuk6

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