佛口蛇心
Chinese
Buddha; Buddhism | mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | snake; serpent | heart; mind | ||
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simp. and trad. (佛口蛇心) |
佛 | 口 | 蛇 | 心 | |
Literally: “mouth (or words) of a Buddha, heart of a snake”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fókǒushésin
- Wade–Giles: fo2-kʻou3-shê2-hsin1
- Yale: fwó-kǒu-shé-syīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forkooushershin
- Palladius: фокоушэсинь (fokoušɛsinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 佛口蛇心