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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「貓鼠同乳」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
It is a metaphor for officials failing to perform their duties and covering up for their subordinates doing bad things. It also refers to the collusion between the superiors and the subordinates. Same as “Cat and mouse sleeping together”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
māo shǔ tóng rǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maau1 syu2 tung4 yu5
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