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Today’s idiom is 「鑠古切今」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
It means integrating the past and the present. Describes someone who is knowledgeable.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shuò gǔ qiē jīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seuk3 gu2 chit3 gam1
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