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Let’s dive into the idiom 「存亡續絕」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Save: to save; continue: to continue. To restore a destroyed country and continue a discontinued aristocratic family.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cún wáng xù jué

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chyun4 mong4 juk6 jyut6

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