4 characters Idiom and proverb 29 725

We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「面謾腹誹」, explained below.

This feature highlights the idiom 「面謾腹誹」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

It refers to deceiving someone in person and slandering them in one’s heart.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

miàn màn fù fěi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

min6/min2 maan4 fuk1 fei2

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