Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「見兔放鷹」 here, with meaning and examples.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「見兔放鷹」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
When he saw a hare, he immediately released the falcon to chase it. A metaphor for acting in a timely manner and according to the need.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiàn tù fàng yīng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gin3 tou3 fong3 ying1
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