空手套白狼

Chinese

		to be empty-handed; to be unarmed
trad. (空手套白狼)		空手	套白狼
simp. #(空手套白狼)		空手	套白狼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngshǒu tàobáiláng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngshǒu tàobáiláng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongshǒu tàobáiláng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-shou³ tʻao⁴-pai²-lang²
    • Yale: kūng-shǒu tàu-bái-láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshoou tawbairlang
    • Palladius: куншоу таобайлан (kunšou taobajlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/

Verb

空手套白狼

1. (idiomatic) to cheat without any investment