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The idiom 「微服私行」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Incognito: civilian clothing. Private travel: traveling in secret. In the old days, it referred to the emperor or officials disguising themselves in civilian clothes and secretly visiting the people to investigate their sentiments or difficult and serious cases.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wēi fú sī háng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mei4 fuk6 si1 haang4/hong4/hang4

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