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Here’s the idiom 「深溝高壘」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Deep trenches and high fortifications. Refers to strong fortifications.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shēn gōu gāo lěi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 kau1 gou1 leui5

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