4 characters Idiom and proverb 27 905

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The featured idiom 「斃而後已」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

It means working hard or striving for a goal all your life until you die.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bì ér hòu yǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bai6 yi4 hau6 yi5

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