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Here is the Chinese idiom 「逞己失眾」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

To indulge: to let go. It means that if you act recklessly, you will lose the support of others.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chěng jǐ shī zhòng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ching2 gei2 sat1 jung3

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