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Today, we explore the idiom 「楚歌之計」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Refers to the art of attacking one’s mind.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chǔ gē zhī jì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cho2 go1 ji1 gai3/gai2
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