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We’re presenting the idiom 「打家劫舍」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Robbery: to rob; She: to live in. It refers to gangs going into people’s homes to rob property.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǎ jiā jié shě
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
da2 ga1 gip3 se3
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