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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「利惹名牽」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

Refers to being tempted and bound by fame and fortune. Also written as “Li Wan Ming Qian”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lì rě míng qiān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lei6 ye5 ming4/meng2 hin1

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