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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「鞠躬盡力」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

It means to be respectful, cautious and do one’s best. Same as “devote oneself to the cause”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jū gōng jìn lì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

guk1 gung1 jeun6 lik6

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