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Here, we present the idiom 「勞思逸淫」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Yi: comfortable. It means that only by participating in actual labor can one remember to cherish resources and be frugal; if one pursues comfort, one will easily become dissolute and degenerate.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
láo sī yì yín
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lou4 si1 yat6 yam4
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