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Today’s idiom is 「殘編裂簡」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Refers to incomplete books or scattered poems, calligraphy and paintings.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cán biān liè jiǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chaan4 pin1 lit6 gaan2

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