We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「為虎作倀」, with its usage explained below.
Discover the idiom 「為虎作倀」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
倀: 倀鬼. According to ancient legend, people who were eaten by tigers would turn into 倀鬼 after death, and would specifically lure people to be eaten by tigers. To be an accomplice of the tiger. A metaphor for being an accomplice of evil.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wéi hǔ zuò chāng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wai6/wai4 fu2 jok3 cheung1/chaang4
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