From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「明目張膽」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「明目張膽」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
Mingmu: open your eyes wide; Zhangdan: be bold. Originally it meant to be courageous and daring to do anything. Later it was used to describe doing bad things openly and brazenly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
míng mù zhāng dǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ming4 muk6 jeung1 daam2
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