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Let’s dive into the idiom 「越瘦秦肥」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

A metaphor that pain and itch have nothing to do with oneself.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yuè shòu qín féi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yut6 sau3 cheun4 fei4

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