兔走烏飛
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Chinese[edit]
rabbit | to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave |
a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void |
to fly | ||
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trad. (兔走烏飛) | 兔 | 走 | 烏 | 飛 | |
simp. (兔走乌飞) | 兔 | 走 | 乌 | 飞 |
Etymology[edit]
兔 (tù, “rabbit”) and 烏/乌 (wū, “crow”) refer to the moon rabbit and the three-legged crow in Chinese mythology and represent the moon and the sun, respectively.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄨ ㄈㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tùzǒuwufei
- Wade–Giles: tʻu4-tsou3-wu1-fei1
- Yale: tù-dzǒu-wū-fēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhtzoouufei
- Palladius: туцзоууфэй (tuczouufɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: thuH tsuwX|tsuwH 'u pj+j
Idiom[edit]
兔走烏飛