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This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「鬥美誇麗」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Refers to competing in beauty for victory.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dòu měi kuā lì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dau3 mei5 kwa1 lai6

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