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The featured idiom 「偎乾就濕」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Describes the hard work of a mother raising her young children. It refers to the situation where a child drowns in the bed, and the mother would rather get herself wet to keep the child’s bed dry.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wēi gàn jiù shī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wui1 gon3 jau6 sap1
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