Chinese idioms like 「蛇影杯弓」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.
Discover the idiom 「蛇影杯弓」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
I mistook the bow shadow in the wine glass for a snake. A metaphor for being self-afraid due to suspicion.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shé yǐng bēi gōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
se4 ying2 bui1 gung1
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