Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「披枷戴鎖」 below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「披枷戴鎖」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Refers to putting shackles and other torture instruments on criminals. Same as “in shackles and chains”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
pī jiā dài suǒ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
pei1 ga1 daai3 so2
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