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Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「表裏為奸」, with details below.

The idiom 「表裏為奸」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Looks and feels: inside and outside; treacherous: hypocritical and cunning. A metaphor for doing bad things through improper means such as collusion and fraud.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

biǎo lǐ wéi jiān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

biu2 leui5 wai6/wai4 gaan1

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