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This introduction highlights the idiom 「畫沙聚米」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Draw maps on the sand, gather rice to form valleys, describe military situations, and make strategic plans.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huà shā jù mǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wa2/waak6 sa1 jeui6 mai5

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