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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「肆意橫行」 for your learning.

Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「肆意橫行」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

Wantonly: to kill or persecute at will. Rampant: taking advantage of power to do evil, being rude and violent. Do evil as you please. Also written as “rampant and rampant”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sì yì héng háng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si3 yi3 waang4 hang4

There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.