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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「揭篋探囊」, detailing its meaning and use.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「揭篋探囊」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Stealing boxes and other valuables. Same as “opening the box and carrying the bag”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiē qiè tàn náng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kit3 gip1 taam3 nong4

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