The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「授人以柄」, detailing its meaning and use.
Here, we present the idiom 「授人以柄」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Hand the hilt to someone else. It is a metaphor for handing power over to others or letting others seize your shortcomings and mistakes, making yourself passive.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shòu rén yǐ bǐng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sau6 yan4 yi5 beng3
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