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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「釆葑釆菲」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
A metaphor for not giving up one’s strengths because of one’s weaknesses. The leaves, roots and stems of the plant are edible, but the roots and stems are bitter.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cǎi fēng cǎi fēi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bin6 fung1 bin6 fei2/fei1
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