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Here is the Chinese idiom 「洗眉刷目」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

The metaphor is clear and understandable.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xǐ méi shuā mù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sai2 mei4 chaat2/chaat/chaat3 muk6

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