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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「推賢讓能」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Tui: recommend; Rang: give way. Recommend the virtuous and give way to the capable.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tuī xián ràng néng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

teui1 yin4 yeung6 nang4

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