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The idiom being introduced now is 「杯水之敬」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

It’s like saying thank you for a glass of water.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bēi shuǐ zhī jìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bui1 seui2 ji1 ging3

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