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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「仁義之兵」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Soldiers: army. Uphold benevolence and justice and fight against the evil army. Same as “teacher of benevolence and righteousness”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rén yì zhī bīng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan4 yi6 ji1 bing1

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