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Today’s idiom is 「稱臣納貢」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
In the old days, it referred to small countries submitting to big countries and paying tribute every year.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chēng chén nà gòng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ching1 san4 naap6 gung3
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