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This feature highlights the idiom 「倒執手版」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

In ancient times, officials held tablets when attending court. Holding hands upside down means panic-stricken.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dǎo zhí shǒu bǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou2 jap1 sau2 baan2

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