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Let’s learn about the idiom 「遊戲三昧」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Originally a Buddhist term, it means to eliminate distracting thoughts and calm the mind. It also refers to the essence and tricks of things. The latter means treating everything with a playing attitude.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yóu xì sān mèi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yau4 hei3 saam1 mui6

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