請神容易送神難

See also: 请神容易送神难

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do sth) to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	easy; simple; likely easy; simple; likely; liable; prone	to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (請神容易送神難)		請	神	容易	送	神	難
simp. (请神容易送神难)		请	神	容易	送	神	难
Literally: “It's easy to invite a god, but not so easy to get rid of a god.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐng shén róngyì sòng shén nán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐng shén róngyì sòng shén nán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐng shén róngyì sòng shén nán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³ shên² jung²-i⁴ sung⁴ shên² nan²
    • Yale: chǐng shén rúng-yì sùng shén nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiing shern rongyih sonq shern nan
    • Palladius: цин шэнь жунъи сун шэнь нань (cin šɛnʹ žunʺi sun šɛnʹ nanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ sʊŋ⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ nän³⁵/

Proverb

請神容易送神難

1. It is easy to invite some people to come and help you but difficult to get them to leave afterwards.