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The featured idiom 「椎埋狗竊」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

Refers to robbing, killing, stealing, and not doing one’s job properly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhuī mái gǒu qiè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeui1 maai4 gau2 sit3

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