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The idiom 「魯斤燕削」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
The quality of the xiao (knife) from Lu and the jin (axe) from Song are both very good. If the production is switched, with the jin made in Lu and the xiao made in Yan, the quality will not be good. A metaphor for the fact that due to geographical and other limitations, learning and imitation cannot reach the original level.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lǔ jīn yàn xuē
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lou5 gan1 yin3 seuk3
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