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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「呆裏撒奸」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Describes a person who appears stupid but is treacherous at heart.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dāi lǐ sā jiān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngoi4 leui5 saat3 gaan1
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