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We’re presenting the idiom 「坐言起行」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
He can speak when sitting and walk when standing up. Originally it meant that words must be practical, and later it was used as a metaphor to mean doing what you say.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zuò yán qǐ háng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jo6 yin4 hei2 hang4
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