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Learn about the idiom 「清宮除道」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Qing and Chu: sprinkling water and sweeping; Palace: a general term for houses in ancient times. Clean houses and roads. Refers to preparing to welcome the arrival of distinguished guests.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qīng gōng chú dào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ching1 gung1 cheui4 dou6

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