Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「順手牽羊」—details below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「順手牽羊」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
He took away someone else’s sheep. A metaphor for taking advantage of the situation to catch the enemy or taking advantage of others. Now it is used to describe taking advantage of the opportunity to take away other people’s things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shùn shǒu qiān yáng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seun6 sau2 hin1 yeung4
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
