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The Chinese idiom we are introducing this time is 「匡時濟俗」. You can find its meaning and application outlined below.

Kuang: to correct; Ji: to rescue. Save the social situation and atmosphere and bring it back on track.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kuāng shí jì sú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hong1 si4 jai3 juk6

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