Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「狼突豕竄」.
The idiom 「狼突豕竄」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Run like a wolf and charge like a pig. Describes a group of bad guys rushing around and causing trouble everywhere. Same as “wolves running and pigs rushing”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
láng tū shǐ cuàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
long4 dat6 chi2 chyun3
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
