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Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「朋比作奸」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.

Learn about the idiom 「朋比作奸」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Bad guys collude to do bad things. Same as “conspiring with friends to commit evil”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

péng bǐ zuò jiān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pang4 bei2 jok3 gaan1

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.