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The idiom 「望風希指」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
It means speaking and acting in a way that caters to other people’s wishes.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wàng fēng xī zhǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mong6 fung1 hei1 ji2
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