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Introducing the idiom 「漫藏誨盜」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Refers to theft caused by negligent custody.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

màn cáng huì dào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

maan6 chong4 fui3 dou6

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