4 characters Idiom and proverb 16 707

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We’re presenting the idiom 「躬擐甲冑」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Refers to putting on armor and helmet personally. Commander Yan was stationed in the army and commanded the troops personally.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gōng huàn jiǎ zhòu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gung1 gwaan3 gaap3 jau6

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