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The idiom 「金科玉律」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Originally used to describe the perfection of the provisions of a law. The metaphor refers to a creed that must be followed and cannot be changed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīn kē yù lǜ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gam1 fo1 yuk6 leut6

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