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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「揚清厲俗」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Promote integrity and inspire the world.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yáng qīng lì sú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yeung2/yeung4 ching1 lai6 juk6

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