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Here is the Chinese idiom 「進退出處」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Refers to promotion and demotion in official career, taking office and retiring.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jìn tuì chū chù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeun3 teui3 cheut1 chyu5

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