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The idiom 「五角六張」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Jiao and Zhang: names of constellations. Describes a state of disarray. It also means things are not going well.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wǔ jiǎo liù zhāng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ng5 gok3 luk6 jeung1

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