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Here’s the idiom 「椿萱並茂」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Chun: a perennial deciduous tree; Xuan: daylily, which the ancients believed could make people forget their worries. Chunxuan: A metaphor for parents. In ancient times, father was called “Chunting” and mother was called “Xuantang”. A metaphor for parents being alive.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chūn xuān bìng mào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheun1 hyun1 bing6 mau6

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