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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「人面狗心」, with its explanation below.

Here is the Chinese idiom 「人面狗心」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

①A metaphor for a person who has a beautiful appearance but low talent and learning. ②It means having a human face but a beast’s heart.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rén miàn gǒu xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan4 min6 gau2 sam1

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.