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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「畏影而走」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

A metaphor for people making trouble for themselves. Also written as “fear of shadows and evil traces”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wèi yǐng ér zǒu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wai3 ying2 yi4 jau2

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