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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「九烈三貞」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Zhen: chastity; Lie: chastity. Used in feudal society to praise women’s chastity.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiǔ liè sān zhēn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gau2 lit6 saam1 jing1

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