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Here is the Chinese idiom 「鷺序鴛行」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Egrets and mandarin ducks fly in an orderly manner. A metaphor for the procession of officials attending court.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lù xù yuān háng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lou6 jeui6 yin1 haang4/hong4/hang4

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