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The idiom being introduced now is 「條條框框」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

are regarded as fixed and inflexible regulations.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tiu4 tiu4/tiu2 kwaang1 kwaang1

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