Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「兔起鳧舉」. Learn its usage below.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「兔起鳧舉」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
鳧: wild duck. Dare to run like a rabbit and fly like a wild duck. A metaphor for acting quickly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tù qǐ fú jǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tou3 hei2 fu4 geui2
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