刀槍不入

See also: 刀枪不入

Chinese

		sword and spear; weapons	not; no	to enter
trad. (刀槍不入)		刀槍	不	入
simp. (刀枪不入)		刀枪	不	入

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāoqiāngbùrù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ coeng¹ bat¹ jap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāoqiāngbùrù [Phonetic: dāoqiāngbúrù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daociangbùrù
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-chʻiang¹-pu⁴-ju⁴
    • Yale: dāu-chyāng-bù-rù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dauchiangburuh
    • Palladius: даоцянбужу (daocjanbužu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ coeng¹ bat¹ jap⁶
    • Yale: dōu chēung bāt yahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ tsoeng¹ bat⁷ jap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ cêng¹ bed¹ yeb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jɐp̚²/

Idiom

刀槍不入

1. swords and spears cannot penetrate the body; to be bulletproof; impervious; invulnerable