Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「不識馬肝」 for your learning.
Today, we explore the idiom 「不識馬肝」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
According to legend, horse liver is poisonous and can kill people if eaten. A metaphor for not studying things that should not be studied.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bù shí mǎ gān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bat1 sik1 ma5 gon1
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