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

Introducing the idiom 「懷真抱素」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

True: pure. Plain: simple nature. It refers to a personality and character that is pure, noble, and simple. Also written as “holding the truth and being honest”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huái zhēn bào sù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

waai4 jan1 pou5 sou3

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