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Today, we explore the idiom 「以肉喂虎」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

A metaphor for dying in vain.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǐ ròu wèi hǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi5 yuk6 wai1/wai2 fu2

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