Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「小人得志」 below.
Here, we present the idiom 「小人得志」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Villain: refers to a person with low morals or improper behavior. It refers to people of low character gaining power.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiǎo rén dé zhì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
siu2 yan4 dak1 ji3
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