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Introducing the idiom 「主聖臣良」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
The monarch is wise and his subjects are loyal. A metaphor for following the example of superiors. Also written as “The ruler is wise and the ministers are honest”, “The ruler is holy and the ministers are honest”, and “The ruler is virtuous and the ministers are good”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhǔ shèng chén liáng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jyu2 sing3 san4 leung4
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