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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「大馬金刀」, detailing its meaning and use.

Here, we present the idiom 「大馬金刀」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

①Describes being generous and magnanimous. ② Describes speaking bluntly, sharply and without mercy.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dà mǎ jīn dāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

daai6 ma5 gam1 dou1

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