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The idiom 「遺德餘烈」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Refers to the virtues and achievements left by our ancestors.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yí dé yú liè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wai4 dak1 yu4 lit6

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