Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「衣冠梟獍」, detailed below.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「衣冠梟獍」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
According to legend, the owl is an evil bird that eats its mother, and the hyena is an evil beast that eats its father. In the old days, it was used to describe an unfilial person.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yī guàn xiāo jìng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi1 gun3 hiu1 ging3
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
