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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「鄭衛之音」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Zheng Wei: refers to the states of Zheng and Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period. Refers to the folk music of Zheng, Wei and other countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhèng wèi zhī yīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeng6 wai6 ji1 yam1

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