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We’re presenting the idiom 「棄甲倒戈」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Throw away your armor and lay down your weapons. Indicates defeat.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qì jiǎ dǎo gē

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hei3 gaap3 dou2 gwo1

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