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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「以柔克剛」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Use softness to restrain strength.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ róu kè gāng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 yau4 hak1 gong1
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