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Here’s the idiom 「權宜之策」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Refers to a temporary measure taken to deal with a certain situation. Same as “stopgap measure”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

quán yí zhī cè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kyun4 yi4 ji1 chaak3

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