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Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「多材多藝」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Possessing many talents and skills. Same as “versatile”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

duō cái duō yì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

do1 choi4 do1 ngai6

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