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Today, we explore the idiom 「開物成務」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Kai: to open, to understand; Wu: affairs. Knowing the principles of beauty, one can handle various things well.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
kāi wù chéng wù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hoi1 mat6 sing4 mou6
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