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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「足尺加二」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

A metaphor for excessiveness or going too far.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zú chǐ jiā èr

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

juk1 chek3 ga1 yi6

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