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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「鶉衣百結」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Quail: quail bird; knot: hanging and connecting. The quail’s tail is short and bald, as if it were covered with patches. Describes clothes that are very tattered.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chún yī bǎi jié
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cheun1/seun4 yi1 baak3 git3
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