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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「助桀為虐」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Jie: also known as Jie of Xia, the last monarch of the Xia Dynasty, who was said to be a tyrant; cruel: brutal. Helped King Jie of Xia to commit atrocities. A metaphor for helping bad people do bad things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhù jié wéi nuè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jo6 git6 wai6/wai4 yeuk6
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