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

We’re presenting the idiom 「狗心狗行」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

A metaphor for a vicious heart or behavior.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǒu xīn gǒu háng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gau2 sam1 gau2 haang4/hong4/hang4

The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.