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From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「抉目胥門」. Details below.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「抉目胥門」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Jue: to pick out; mu: eyes. Refers to loyal ministers being slandered and killed. Same as “gouging out the eyes of Wumen”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jué mù xū mén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kyut3 muk6 seui1 mun4

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