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Let’s dive into the idiom 「行不勝衣」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Even the clothes can’t withstand it, which is a metaphor for physical weakness.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

háng bù shèng yī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

haang4/hong4/hang4 bat1 sing3 yi1

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