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The idiom being introduced now is 「賣犢買刀」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
It means selling oxen to buy weapons and join the army.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mài dú mǎi dāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maai6 duk6 maai5 dou1
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