Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「肉食者鄙」, with details below.
The idiom 「肉食者鄙」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Meat-eater: a person who eats meat, extended to mean a person in power; vulgar: vulgar. In the old days, it referred to people who held high positions and had high salaries but had short-sightedness.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
ròu shí zhě bǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yuk6 sik6 je2 pei2
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.
