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The idiom being introduced now is 「物腐蟲生」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Insects only grow when things are rotten. It is a metaphor that there are always internal reasons for the occurrence of disasters. It also means that when you have weaknesses, others can take advantage of you and attack you.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wù fǔ chóng shēng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mat6 fu6 chung4 saang1/sang1
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