Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「打馬虎眼」. Learn its usage below.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「打馬虎眼」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Deliberately pretending to be confused to deceive others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǎ mǎ hǔ yǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
da2 ma1 fu1 ngaan5
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
