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Learn about the idiom 「金貂貰酒」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Take the golden crown and exchange it for fine wine. Describes the act of not observing etiquette and indulging in drinking. Same as “trading a golden sable for wine”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jīn diāo shì jiǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gam1 diu1 sai3 jau2
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