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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「秉燭夜遊」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Bing: hold. In the old days, it was used to describe enjoying life while one can.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bǐng zhú yè yóu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bing2 juk1 ye6 yau4

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