Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「馬鹿易形」.
Learn about the idiom 「馬鹿易形」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
It comes from the story of Zhao Gao calling a deer a horse, which is a metaphor for reversing right and wrong and confusing black and white.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mǎ lù yì xíng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ma5 luk2 yi6 ying4
The world of Chinese idioms is massive, filled with countless expressions, each with distinct meanings and applications. These materials are here to support you as you improve your Chinese skills.
