插翅難逃

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	wing	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to escape; to run away; to flee
trad. (插翅難逃)		插	翅	難	逃
simp. (插翅难逃)		插	翅	难	逃
Literally: “even with wings it would be difficult to escape”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāchìnántáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāchìnántáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chachìhnántáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-chʻih⁴-nan²-tʻao²
    • Yale: chā-chr̀-nán-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chachyhnantaur
    • Palladius: чачинаньтао (čačinanʹtao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ nän³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Idiom

插翅難逃

1. unable to escape

Synonyms

• 插翅難飛／插翅难飞 (chāchìnánfēi)