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The featured idiom 「唾面自乾」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
When someone spits on your face, don’t wipe it off and let it dry. Describes being extremely tolerant and not resisting when being insulted.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tuò miàn zì gàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
to3 min6/min2 ji6 gon3
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