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Today, we explore the idiom 「首鼠兩端」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
First Rat: Rats are suspicious by nature. When coming out of the hole, they move forward and backward, unable to make their own decisions; Two Ends: Can’t make up their minds. Hesitate and waver between the two.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shǒu shǔ liǎng duān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sau2 syu2 leung5 dyun1
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