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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「聖君賢相」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

A wise monarch and virtuous ministers. There is a close relationship between the ruler and his subjects. Xiang is a minister who assists the emperor and later refers specifically to the prime minister.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shèng jūn xián xiàng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sing3 gwan1 yin4 seung2

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