We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「蹊田奪牛」.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「蹊田奪牛」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
麓: trample on; 奪: take by force. Because the cows trampled on the fields, he stole someone else’s cows. A metaphor for severe punishment for a minor crime.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qī tián duó niú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hai4 tin4 dyut6 ngau4
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
