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This feature highlights the idiom 「慢條斯理」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Originally it meant to speak and act in an orderly manner, without being hurried. It is now also used to describe speaking and doing things slowly and unhurriedly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
màn tiáo sī lǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maan6 tiu4 si1 lei5
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