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To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「卑辭厚幣」 explained, free of charge.

This introduction highlights the idiom 「卑辭厚幣」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Refers to humble words and generous gifts. See “Humble words and heavy money”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bēi cí hòu bì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bei1 chi4 hau5 bai6

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