反客為主

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	customer; visitor; guest	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (反客為主/反客爲主)		反	客	為/爲	主
simp. (反客为主)		反	客	为	主
Literally: “to make the guest and host exchange roles”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnkèwéizhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² haak³ wai⁴ zyu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnkèwéizhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnkèwéijhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-kʻo⁴-wei²-chu³
    • Yale: fǎn-kè-wéi-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faankehweijuu
    • Palladius: фанькэвэйчжу (fanʹkɛvɛjčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² haak³ wai⁴ zyu²
    • Yale: fáan haak wàih jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² haak⁸ wai⁴ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² hag³ wei⁴ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ haːk̚³ wɐi̯²¹ t͡syː³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 反客為主

1. to turn from passive to active behaviour

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