We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「鸚鵡學舌」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「鸚鵡學舌」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
The parrot learned to speak like a human. It means that he says the same thing as others do.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yīng wǔ xué shé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ying1 mou5 hok6 sit3
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