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Today, we explore the idiom 「門不夜扃」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Describes a society that is peaceful and has good morals. Same as “the door is never locked at night”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mén bù yè jiōng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mun4 bat1 ye6 gwing1

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