Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「向天而唾」 below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「向天而唾」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
He looked up and spat at the sky, but the spittle still fell on his face. It is a metaphor that one intends to harm others, but ends up suffering oneself.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiàng tiān ér tuò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
heung3 tin1 yi4 to3
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