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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「截發留賓」 today for free with this guide.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「截發留賓」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

It is used as an allusion to a virtuous mother’s hospitality.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jié fā liú bīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jit6 faat3 lau4 ban1

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