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Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「不識東家」—details below.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「不識東家」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

It means that one who does not recognize his neighbors is a sage.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù shí dōng jiā

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 sik1 dung1 ga1

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