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The idiom 「運之掌上」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Yun: movement, operation. Run on the palm of your hand. Metaphor is extremely easy.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yùn zhī zhǎng shàng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wan6 ji1 jeung2 seung6

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