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Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「生死予奪」, detailed below.

Introducing the idiom 「生死予奪」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Life: let people live; death: execute; give: give; take away: deprive. It describes the fact that the reactionary rulers hold the power over life and death, rewards and punishment.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shēng sǐ yǔ duó

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sang1 sei2 yu6 dyut6

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.