刀槍不入

See also: 刀枪不入

Chinese

		knife	gun; firearm; rifle gun; firearm; rifle; spear	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

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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/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 刀槍不入

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