4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 297

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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「引申觸類」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

It refers to extending the principles of a certain thing to similar things. Same as “extended analogy”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǐn shēn chù lèi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan5 san1 juk1 leui6

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