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Today’s idiom is 「選歌試舞」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Refers to a dissolute lifestyle. Same as “selecting colors and singing songs”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xuǎn gē shì wǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

syun2 go1 si3 mou5

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