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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「開闊眼界」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

It means that you should not be too restrained in your views on things, or limit yourself to a narrow scope, but should broaden your horizons.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kāi kuò yǎn jiè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hoi1 fut3 ngaan5 gaai3

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