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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「不恥最後」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Shame on you for coming in last. It is a metaphor that as long as you persist to the end, you can achieve your goal.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù chǐ zuì hòu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 chi2 jeui3 hau6

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