Understand the meaning and usage of 「教猱升木」 with a concise guide and pinyin in both Mandarin and Cantonese.

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Let’s learn about the idiom 「教猱升木」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Teach a monkey to climb a tree. A metaphor for instructing bad people to do bad things.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiāo náo shēng mù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gaau3 naau4 sing1 muk6

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