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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「左書右息」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
A metaphor for doing things against the norm.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zuǒ shū yòu xī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jo2 syu1 yau6 sik1
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