We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「厚味臘毒」, explained below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「厚味臘毒」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
It means something that tastes delicious but is actually poisonous.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hòu wèi là dú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hau5 mei6/mei2 laap6 duk6
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