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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「不郎不秀」 today for free with this guide.

The idiom 「不郎不秀」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Originally meant neither high nor low. Later it is used as a metaphor for failure to achieve success.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù láng bù xiù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 long4 bat1 sau3

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