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We’re presenting the idiom 「望塵追跡」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

A metaphor for catching up with the progress of others.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wàng chén zhuī jì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mong6 chan4 jeui1 jik1

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