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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「進賢退佞」, detailing its meaning and use.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「進賢退佞」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

It means promoting the virtuous and dismissing the wicked. Promote the virtuous and capable, and dismiss the treacherous and cunning.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jìn xián tuì nìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeun3 yin4 teui3 ning6

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