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The featured idiom 「尊年尚齒」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Year: age. Shang: to admire. Teeth: age. Refers to respecting the elderly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zūn nián shàng chǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jyun1 nin4 seung6 chi2

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