4 characters Idiom and proverb 22 967

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Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「腹背受敵」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Abdomen: refers to the front; back: refers to the back. The enemy attacked from both sides.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fù bèi shòu dí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fuk1 bui3 sau6 dik6

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