We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「狗盜雞啼」.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「狗盜雞啼」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
A metaphor for having minor skills. Same as “the dog steals the chicken’s crow”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gǒu dào jī tí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gau2 dou6 gai1 tai4
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