China: New Idiom

Countries:
Hong Kong (China)
Topics:
Humor, Language
Languages:
Chinese

Doublleaf suggests a new idiom “Zheng Long Pai Hu” (zh). Its literal meaning is Zheng Long taking the tiger photo and its extended meaning is someone doing forgery for interest group to cheat the public. Even the case is exposed the person still insists the forgery is the truth.

Posted by Oiwan Lam

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