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The idiom being introduced now is 「窮且益堅」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Poor: impoverished; benefit: even more. The poorer the situation, the stronger the will should be.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qióng qiě yì jiān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kung4 che2 yik1 gin1
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