Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「鴟視狼顧」, with its explanation below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「鴟視狼顧」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Like an owl raising its head to look, like a wolf looking back. Describes a person’s cruelty and greed.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chī shì láng gù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chi1 si6 long4 gu3
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

