4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 867

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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「止戈興仁」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Stop: stop. Ren: benevolent government. Stop the war and implement benevolent policies.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhǐ gē xìng rén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ji2 gwo1 hing1 yan4

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