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This introduction highlights the idiom 「玩世不恭」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Cynicism: treating life with a negative, playful attitude; disrespectful: not serious. A frivolous and non-serious attitude towards life adopted due to dissatisfaction with reality.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wán shì bù gōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
waan2 sai3 bat1 gung1
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
