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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「九年之蓄」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
Nine years of reserves. It means that a country should save some money in peacetime in case of emergency.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiǔ nián zhī xù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gau2 nin4 ji1 chuk1
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