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The idiom being introduced now is 「販夫騶卒」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

Small traders and slaves. Generally refers to people of low status.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fàn fū zhū zú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

faan3/faan2 fu1 jau1 jeut1

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