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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「銜冤負屈」 here, with meaning and examples.

The idiom 「銜冤負屈」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.

“銜”: hold in mouth, “負”: suffer; a metaphor for feeling wronged and suffering injustice.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xián yuān fù qū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

haam4 yun1 fu6 wat1

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