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Here is the Chinese idiom 「春誦夏弦」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
Reciting and playing the string: In ancient schools, reciting poetry aloud was called “reciting”, and playing it with the accompaniment of musical instruments was called “playing the string”. Originally it meant that different learning methods should be adopted according to the season. Later it generally refers to reading and studying.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chūn sòng xià xián
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cheun1 jung6 ha6 yin4
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