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Introducing the idiom 「砥廉峻隅」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

After sharpening, the edges and corners become clearer.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dǐ lián jùn yú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dai2 lim4 jeun3 yu4

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