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The featured idiom 「將李代桃」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
A metaphor for taking someone else’s punishment or replacing each other.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiāng lǐ dài táo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeung1 lei5 doi6 tou2
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