Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「白衣蒼狗」 today for free with this guide.
Today, we explore the idiom 「白衣蒼狗」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Cang: grayish white. The floating clouds are like white clothes, and in an instant they become like dark dogs. A metaphor for the ever-changing nature of things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bái yī cāng gǒu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
baak6 yi1 chong1 gau2
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