百密一疏

Chinese

		hundred	secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	negligent; sparse; thin
trad. (百密一疏)		百	密	一	疏
simp. #(百密一疏)		百	密	一	疏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎimìyīshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄇㄧˋ ㄧ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ mat⁶ jat¹ so¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎimìyīshū [Phonetic: bǎimìyìshū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄇㄧˋ ㄧ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎimìyishu
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-mi⁴-i¹-shu¹
    • Yale: bǎi-mì-yī-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baemihishu
    • Palladius: баймиишу (bajmiišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ mat⁶ jat¹ so¹
    • Yale: baak maht yāt sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ mat⁹ jat⁷ so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ med⁶ yed¹ so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ mɐt̚² jɐt̚⁵ sɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

百密一疏

1. something was missed in a sophisticated plan

   • 我覺得你呢個借刀殺人計劃百密一疏，呢度係公海，唔可以亂嚟，只有呢隻船註冊嘅國家先至可以拉我㗎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     我觉得你呢个借刀杀人计划百密一疏，呢度系公海，唔可以乱嚟，只有呢只船注册嘅国家先至可以拉我㗎！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1989, Wong Jing, God of Gamblers

     ngo⁵ gok³ dak¹ nei⁵ ni¹ go³ ze³ dou¹ saat³ jan⁴ gai³ waak⁶ baak³ mat⁶ jat¹ so¹, ni¹ dou⁶ hai⁶ gung¹ hoi², m⁴ ho² ji⁵ lyun^6-2 lai⁴, zi² jau⁵ ne¹ zek³ syun⁴ zyu³ caak³ ge³ gwok³ gaa¹ sin¹ zi³ ho² ji⁵ laa¹ ngo⁵ gaa³! [Jyutping]

     I think that your plan of killing [Ko Yee] with my hand missed out a thing. We're in the international waters. You can't act recklessly. Only the country in which this ship was registered can arrest me.