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Let’s learn about the idiom 「舉直錯枉」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
Ju: select. Straight: upright, refers to an upright person. Cuo: same as “cuo”, meaning to abandon or give up. Wang: bent, a metaphor for an evil person. Employ upright and virtuous people, and dismiss treacherous and evil people. Also written as “raise the straight and put down the crooked” and “raise the straight and put down the crooked.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jǔ zhí cuò wǎng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
geui2 jik6 cho3 wong2
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.
