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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「長枕大被」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
A metaphor for brotherly love.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhǎng zhěn dà bèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cheung4 jam2 daai6 pei5/bei6
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