Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「官虎吏狼」 and its explanation.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「官虎吏狼」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Officials are like tigers, and clerks are like wolves. Describes corrupt and violent officials.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
guān hǔ lì láng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gun1 fu2 lei6 long4
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
