藏污納垢

Chinese

		storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate	dirt; filth	to accept; to pay (taxes, etc.)	dirt; disgrace
trad. (藏污納垢/藏汙納垢)		藏	污/汙	納	垢
simp. (藏污纳垢)		藏	污	纳	垢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cángwūnàgòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤˊ ㄨ ㄋㄚˋ ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong⁴ wu¹ naap⁶ gau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cángwūnàgòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤˊ ㄨ ㄋㄚˋ ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cángwunàgòu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang²-wu¹-na⁴-kou⁴
    • Yale: tsáng-wū-nà-gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarngunahgow
    • Palladius: цанъунагоу (canʺunagou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ u⁵⁵ nä⁵¹⁻⁵³ koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong⁴ wu¹ naap⁶ gau³
    • Yale: chòhng wū naahp gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong⁴ wu¹ naap⁹ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong⁴ wu¹ nab⁶ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ wuː⁵⁵ naːp̚² kɐu̯³³/

Idiom

藏污納垢

1. to shelter evil people and countenance evil practices

Synonyms

• 藏垢納污／藏垢纳污 (cánggòunàwū)