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Let’s dive into the idiom 「豺狼成性」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Being as vicious and brutal as a jackal has become a habit. Describe as cruel

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chái láng chéng xìng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chaai4 long4 sing4 sing3

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