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Today, we explore the idiom 「張王李趙」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
These four are the most common surnames, and are used together to refer to ordinary people.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhāng wáng lǐ zhào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeung1 wong4 lei5 jiu6
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