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Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「荼毒生靈」 and how it’s used.

The Chinese idiom 「荼毒生靈」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.

Poison: to poison and harm; living beings: refers to the common people. Refers to harming the people.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tú dú shēng líng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cha4/tou4 duk6 saang1/sang1 ling4

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