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Here’s the idiom 「臨渴掘井」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Don’t dig a well until you’re thirsty. It is a metaphor for not being prepared in advance and having to find a solution at the last minute.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lín kě jué jǐng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lam4 hot3 gwat6 jeng2
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