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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「北鬥之尊」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

The Big Dipper is located near the center of the sky. It is a metaphor for a very noble status.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

běi dòu zhī zūn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bak1 dau3 ji1 jyun1

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