Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「亡戟得矛」 today with this free Chinese resource.
We’re presenting the idiom 「亡戟得矛」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
A metaphor for what is gained and lost being equal, or there are gains and losses.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wáng jǐ dé máo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mong4 gik1 dak1 maau4
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