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Our focus this time is on the idiom 「舉枉措直」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Ju: select, appoint; Wang: bend, a metaphor for evil people; Cuo: abandon, depose; Zhi: straight, a metaphor for upright people. Employ the wicked and dismiss the upright.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jǔ wǎng cuò zhí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
geui2 wong2 chou3 jik6
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
