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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「穿花納錦」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

An embroidery pattern made by threading yarn.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chuān huā nà jǐn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chyun1 fa1 naap6 gam2

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