兵荒馬亂
See also: 兵荒马乱
Chinese
soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike |
out of practice; uncultivated | horse; surname | in confusion; disorderly | ||
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trad. (兵荒馬亂) | 兵 | 荒 | 馬 | 亂 | |
simp. (兵荒马乱) | 兵 | 荒 | 马 | 乱 | |
Literally: “the troops are starving, and the horses are in disarray”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: binghuangmǎluàn
- Wade–Giles: ping1-huang1-ma3-luan4
- Yale: bīng-hwāng-mǎ-lwàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binghuangmaaluann
- Palladius: бинхуанмалуань (binxuanmaluanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /piŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯än⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bing1 fong1 maa5 lyun6
- Yale: bīng fōng máh lyuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bing1 fong1 maa5 lyn6
- Guangdong Romanization: bing1 fong1 ma5 lün6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ maː¹³ lyːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 兵荒馬亂