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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「鼓腦爭頭」, with its usage explained below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「鼓腦爭頭」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Strive to come to the fore; to stand out and stand out.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǔ nǎo zhēng tóu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gu2 nou5 jaang1 tau4

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