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Here, we present the idiom 「狗續貂尾」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
It refers to the excessive appointment of officials. It also means to add something bad to something good, making the two parts very disproportionate. Same as “adding a tail to a dog”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gǒu xù diāo wěi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gau2 juk6 diu1 mei5
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