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The idiom being introduced now is 「攀轅臥轍」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
He grabbed the shaft of the cart and lay in the road, preventing the cart from moving. In the old days, it was used as a flattering phrase to retain good officials.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
pān yuán wò zhé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
paan1 yun4 ngo6 chit3
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