Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「出爾反爾」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.
Here’s the idiom 「出爾反爾」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Er: you; Fan: same as “fan”, return. The original meaning is that what you do will determine what consequences you will get. It now refers to a person’s words and deeds that are erratic and contradictory.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chū ěr fǎn ěr
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cheut1 yi5 faan2 yi5
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