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Here is the Chinese idiom 「鞋弓襪淺」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Refers to the bound feet of women in the old days. Same as “small shoe bow and small socks”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xié gōng wà qiǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

haai4 gung1 mat6 chin2

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