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Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「嫉惡若仇」 below.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「嫉惡若仇」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

It means to hate bad people and bad things as if they were enemies. Same as “hate evil as much as one hates it”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jí è ruò chóu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jat6 ok3 yeuk6 sau4

The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.