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Here, we present the idiom 「皓首窮經」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Hao: white; Shou: hair; Qiongjing: concentrate on studying scriptures and ancient books. He continued to study scriptures and ancient books in depth until he was old and gray.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hào shǒu qióng jīng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hou6 sau2 kung4 ging1

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