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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「匹馬當先」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Take the lead. It means to charge ahead.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
pǐ mǎ dāng xiān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
pat1 ma5 dong3/dong1 sin1
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