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We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「救急扶傷」, with its explanation below.

Here’s the idiom 「救急扶傷」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Provide relief to those in danger and help the wounded and sick.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiù jí fú shāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gau3 gap1 fu4 seung1

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