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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「鷦鷯一枝」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
A wren only uses one branch to build its nest. A metaphor for a place to live or a job position.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiāo liáo yī zhī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jiu1 liu4 yat1 ji1
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