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Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「色仁行違」, with its explanation below.

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「色仁行違」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

On the surface, he advocates benevolence, but his actual actions run counter to that.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sè rén háng wéi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sik1 yan4 haang4/hong4/hang4 wai4

Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.