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The featured idiom 「舊病難醫」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Old illnesses are difficult to cure. It is a metaphor that past shortcomings and mistakes are difficult to correct.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiù bìng nán yī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gau6 beng6 naan4 yi1
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