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Here, we present the idiom 「自鄶以下」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Ji Li of Wu watched the music and dance of the Zhou Dynasty in Lu and commented on the music of various vassal states, but he did not express any opinions on the music of the state of Ji and below. Metaphorically, anything below so-and-so is not worth commenting on.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zì kuài yǐ xià

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ji6 kui2 yi5 ha6

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