To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「搖尾求食」 explained, free of charge.
We’re presenting the idiom 「搖尾求食」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
The tiger was locked in a cage and wagged its tail at people for food. It is a metaphor for a person’s status being lowered and having to beg from others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yáo wěi qiú shí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yiu4 mei5 kau4 sik6
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