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Here’s the idiom 「憤世嫉俗」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Anger: hatred, loathing; jealousy: hatred, loathing; world and customs: the social conditions at that time. People with a sense of justice express indignation and hatred towards the dark real society and unreasonable customs.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fèn shì jí sú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fan5 sai3 jat6 juk6
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