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Learn about the idiom 「角巾私第」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

He took off his official uniform, put on a turban, and lived in a private house. Refers to living in seclusion and not serving in the government.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiǎo jīn sī dì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gok3 gan1 si1 dai6

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