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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「防微慮遠」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Lu: consider, ponder. It means to prevent mistakes or bad things as soon as they happen and to consider long-term strategies.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fáng wēi lǜ yuǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fong4 mei4 leui6 yun5

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