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Learn about the idiom 「價增一顧」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

The original meaning was that a good horse that could not be sold was spotted by a good horse trainer and its price increased tenfold. It is a metaphor for someone who was originally unknown but whose value is raised when he meets someone who appreciates him.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jià zēng yī gù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ga3 jang1 yat1 gu3

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