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The featured idiom 「道而不徑」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Dao: walking. Path: path. When walking, take the main road instead of the small road to avoid danger.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dào ér bù jīng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dou6 yi4 bat1 ging3
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