Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「誨盜誨淫」, with details below.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「誨盜誨淫」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
The original meaning is that if property is not kept carefully, it will attract others to steal; if a woman dresses very seductively, she will also lure others to tease her. Now they guide and seduce people to commit adultery and theft.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huì dào huì yín
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fui3 dou6 fui3 yam4
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