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In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「絕仁棄義」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
To abandon and to give up. It means abandoning the benevolence and righteousness advocated by the world and returning to human nature. This is Lao Tzu’s idea of governing by doing nothing.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jué rén qì yì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jyut6 yan4 hei3 yi6
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