From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「鳥驚魚駭」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
Introducing the idiom 「鳥驚魚駭」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Like the frightened look of a bird or fish.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
niǎo jīng yú hài
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
niu5 geng1 yu2 haai5
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