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Here, we present the idiom 「倒繃孩兒」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Bandage: to bandage. The midwife wrapped the newborn baby upside down. It is a metaphor for something that is usually done but is done wrong due to momentary negligence.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dǎo bēng hái ér

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou2 bang1 haai4 yi4

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