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Here’s the idiom 「通書達禮」, with its definition and practical application described below.

It means being well-versed in poetry and books and understanding etiquette.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tōng shū dá lǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tung1 syu1 daat6 lai5

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