Idioms like 「人模狗樣」 are key to mastering Chinese. Start from characters, climb to idioms, and explore them with this free resource.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「人模狗樣」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
He is a human being, but behaves like a dog. Mostly used for sarcasm.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rén mó gǒu yàng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yan4 mou2 gau2 yeung2/yeung6
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.

