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Let’s dive into the idiom 「標新領異」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Biao: to put forward, to write down; Yi: different, special. Put forward novel ideas to show that you are different from others.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

biāo xīn lǐng yì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

biu1 san1 leng5 yi6

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