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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「心小志大」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

Be careful in your work and have lofty ambitions.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn xiǎo zhì dà

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 siu2 ji3 daai6

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