人心不足蛇吞象

Chinese

		people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature	not; no	foot; to be sufficient	snake; serpent	to swallow; to take	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (人心不足蛇吞象)		人心	不	足	蛇	吞	象
simp. #(人心不足蛇吞象)		人心	不	足	蛇	吞	象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénxīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ zuk¹ se⁴ tan¹ zoeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsin bù zú shé tun siàng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hsin¹ pu⁴ tsu² shê² tʻun¹ hsiang⁴
    • Yale: rén-syīn bù dzú shé twūn syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshin bu tzwu sher tuen shianq
    • Palladius: жэньсинь бу цзу шэ тунь сян (žɛnʹsinʹ bu czu šɛ tunʹ sjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ zuk¹ se⁴ tan¹ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: yàhn sām bāt jūk sèh tān jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sam¹ bat⁷ dzuk⁷ se⁴ tan¹ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sem¹ bed¹ zug¹ sé⁴ ten¹ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ sɛː²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 人心不足蛇吞象

1. Being discontent is like a snake swallowing an elephant.