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The featured idiom 「引古證今」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Use ancient experiences and lessons to prove things in reality.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǐn gǔ zhèng jīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan5 gu2 jing3 gam1

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