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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「鴻案鹿車」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

It is a metaphor for mutual respect, mutual consideration, and sharing of joys and sorrows between husband and wife.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hóng àn lù chē

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hung4 on3 luk2 che1

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