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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「狗傍人勢」 today for free with this guide.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「狗傍人勢」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

It is a metaphor for bad people relying on some kind of power to bully others. Same as “a dog takes advantage of its master’s power”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǒu bàng rén shì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gau2 bong6/pong4 yan4 sai3

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.