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Here, we present the idiom 「得馬折足」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Refers to misfortune caused by good fortune.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dé mǎ shé zú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dak1 ma5 jit3 juk1

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