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This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「重規累矩」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

It means that the preceding and following are consistent and conform to the same rules and regulations. It also refers to following and repeating.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhòng guī lèi jǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jung6 kwai1 leui6 geui2

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