瞞天過海

Chinese

		conceal from	day; sky; heaven	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	ocean; sea
trad. (瞞天過海)		瞞	天	過	海
simp. (瞒天过海)		瞒	天	过	海
Literally: “to cross the sea without the sky knowing”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mántiānguòhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ tin¹ gwo³ hoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boân-thian-kò-hái / môa-thiⁿ-kè-hái / môa-thiⁿ-kòe-hái / môa-thian-kòe-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mántiānguòhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mántianguòhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: man²-tʻien¹-kuo⁴-hai³
    • Yale: mán-tyān-gwò-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mantianguohhae
    • Palladius: маньтяньгохай (manʹtjanʹgoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ tin¹ gwo³ hoi²
    • Yale: mùhn tīn gwo hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ tin¹ gwo³ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ tin¹ guo³ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boân-thian-kò-hái
    • Tâi-lô: buân-thian-kò-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boantienkoirhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /buan²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴ ko²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-thiⁿ-kè-hái
    • Tâi-lô: muâ-thinn-kè-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moa'tvi'kea'hae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /muã²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴ ke²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /muã²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ ke¹¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-thiⁿ-kòe-hái
    • Tâi-lô: muâ-thinn-kuè-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moa'tvi'koea'hae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴ kue²¹⁻⁴¹ hai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-thian-kòe-hái
    • Tâi-lô: muâ-thian-kuè-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moa'tienkoea'hae
    • IPA (Tainan): /muã²⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴ kue²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/

Idiom

瞞天過海

1. to achieve one's aim underhandedly

   • 你無法瞞天過海。 [MSC, trad.]
     你无法瞒天过海。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Double Indemnity, 1944 (OpenSubtitles)

     Nǐ wúfǎ mántiānguòhǎi. [Pinyin]

     You can't get away with it.

   • 要是他沒有下令做這個調查她本可以瞞天過海好多年 [MSC, trad.]
     要是他没有下令做这个调查她本可以瞒天过海好多年 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Glass Houses, 2011 (OpenSubtitles)

     yàoshì tā méiyǒu xiàlìng zuò zhège diàochá tā běn kěyǐ mántiānguòhǎi hǎoduō nián [Pinyin]

     If he didn't order this investigation, she could have flown under the radar for years.