Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「狗尾貂續」, explained below.
Learn about the idiom 「狗尾貂續」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
It is a metaphor for adding something bad to something good, making the two parts very disproportionate. Same as “adding a tail to a dog”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gǒu wěi diāo xù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gau2 mei5 diu1 juk6
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
