Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「僵李代桃」 and its explanation.
Let’s learn about the idiom 「僵李代桃」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
A metaphor for taking the blame for someone else or doing something on behalf of someone else. Also known as “dead peach instead of plum”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiāng lǐ dài táo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
geung1 lei5 doi6 tou2
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