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The idiom being introduced now is 「絕子絕孫」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

It means to cut off descendants.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jué zǐ jué sūn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jyut6 ji2 jyut6 syun1

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