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We’re presenting the idiom 「燕雀之居」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

A metaphor for a simple hut.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yàn què zhī jū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yin3 jeuk2 ji1 geui1

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