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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「擲鼠忌器」, explained here.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「擲鼠忌器」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

It’s like being careful about what you do when you kill a rat.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhì shǔ jì qì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jaak6 syu2 gei6 hei3

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