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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「吃裏扒外」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Accept the benefits on one side, but work hard on the other side. It also means telling the other party about your own situation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chī lǐ bā wài
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hek3 leui5 pa4 ngoi6
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