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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「披瀝肝膈」, explained here.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「披瀝肝膈」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

It is a metaphor for meeting someone sincerely and pouring out one’s true feelings. Also describes being very loyal. Same as “to be devoted and unashamed”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pī lì gān gé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pei1 lik6 gon1 gaak3

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