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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「臨危授命」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Be brave enough to sacrifice your life in critical moments.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lín wēi shòu mìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lam4 ngai4 sau6 meng6

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