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This feature highlights the idiom 「格古通今」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

Study the ancient times and understand the present times. It means being well-educated and knowledgeable.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gé gǔ tōng jīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gaak3 gu2 tung1 gam1

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