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Let’s dive into the idiom 「論黃數黑」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Count: to criticize. Make random comments behind others’ backs and slander them wantonly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lùn huáng shù hēi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

leun6 wong4 sou2/sou3 hak1

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