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Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「鑽皮出羽」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「鑽皮出羽」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

A metaphor for someone who deliberately exaggerates his or her preference for someone.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zuàn pí chū yǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jyun3 pei4 cheut1 yu5

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