4 characters Idiom and proverb 28 102

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Here’s the idiom 「膺籙受圖」, with its definition and practical application described below.

① Refers to the emperor receiving the map and talisman and rising to prominence. Tu, River Map; Lu, talisman. ②Taoism refers to those who have undergone cultivation and received the Taoist scriptures from heaven and earth and are listed in the list of immortals.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yīng lù shòu tú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ying1 luk6 sau6 tou4

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