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This introduction highlights the idiom 「秦鏡高懸」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Qin Mirror: According to legend, Qin Shihuang had a mirror that could reflect a person’s internal organs and know whether his heart was evil or righteous; hanging: hanging. It is a metaphor for officials who are fair and honest in judging cases.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qín jìng gāo xuán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cheun4 geng3 gou1 yun4
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