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The idiom 「敬老憐貧」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Lao: old people; pity: pity. Respect the elderly and be compassionate to those in difficult circumstances. Describes a person with good qualities such as respectfulness and kindness.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jìng lǎo lián pín

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ging3 lou5 lin4 pan4

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