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Here, we present the idiom 「強自取折」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

It means that if the material is too hard, it will break easily. Same as “force oneself to take the pillar”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiáng zì qǔ shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

keung4 ji6 cheui2 jit3

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