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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 「霸王風月」, detailed below.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「霸王風月」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

A metaphor for treating elegant things with a rude attitude.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bà wáng fēng yuè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ba3 wong4 fung1 yut6

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