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Here’s the idiom 「長幼有敘」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Refers to the order of seniority between the older and the younger. Also written as “respect for elders and young ones.”

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhǎng yòu yǒu xù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeung2 yau3 yau5 jeui6

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