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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「洞鑒古今」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Insightful: clear observation. Have a deep and thorough understanding of history and current affairs.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dòng jiàn gǔ jīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dung6 gaam3 gu2 gam1

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