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Introducing the idiom 「因陋就寡」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

It means being satisfied with simple and mediocre things and not seeking improvement.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yīn lòu jiù guǎ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan1 lau6 jau6 gwa2

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