Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「金貂取酒」, as shown below.
Here, we present the idiom 「金貂取酒」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Take the golden crown and exchange it for fine wine. Describes the act of not observing etiquette and indulging in drinking. Same as “trading a golden sable for wine”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jīn diāo qǔ jiǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gam1 diu1 cheui2 jau2
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