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To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「指名道姓」 explained, free of charge.

The idiom being introduced now is 「指名道姓」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

Clearly state first and last name.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhǐ míng dào xìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ji2 ming4/meng2 dou6 sing3

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