Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「唯唯否否」 below.
Here’s the idiom 「唯唯否否」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Weiwei: a response expressing agreement when answering; Feifei: when someone else says no, you also say no. Describes being timid and fearful, and blindly submissive.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wéi wéi fǒu fǒu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wai4 wai4 fau2 fau2
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