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Introducing the idiom 「岑樓齊末」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

If we only compare the ends, a square inch of wood can be taller than a tall building. If you don’t start from the root of the metaphor, you will not be able to recognize the facts.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cén lóu qí mò

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam4 lau2 chai4 mut6

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