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Here, we present the idiom 「虎兕出柙」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Si: a wild beast like a rhinoceros.韙: a wooden cage for keeping animals. The tiger and the rhinoceros escaped from the wooden cage. It is a metaphor that when a wicked person escapes or does something irresponsibly, the person in charge should be held accountable.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hǔ sì chū xiá
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fu2 ji6 cheut1 haap6
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