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Here is the Chinese idiom 「殘民以逞」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
殘: to harm; 承: to satisfy a wish, to fulfill a certain wish. Harming people to achieve certain wishes and make oneself happy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cán mín yǐ chěng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chaan4 man4 yi5 ching2
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