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The Chinese idiom we are introducing this time is 「認祖歸宗」. You can find its meaning and application outlined below.

① Find the ancestors and return them to the clan. ② Refers to returning to one’s homeland.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rèn zǔ guī zōng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ying6 jou2 gwai1 jung1

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