Chinese idioms like 「以鄰為壑」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.
Here, we present the idiom 「以鄰為壑」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Treat neighboring countries as big puddles and drain your own floodwaters there. It is a metaphor for only pursuing one’s own interests and shifting difficulties or disasters to others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ lín wéi hè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 leun4 wai4 kok3
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