喧賓奪主
Chinese
clamour; noise | visitor; guest | rob; snatch | to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary | ||
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trad. (喧賓奪主/諠賓奪主) | 喧/諠 | 賓 | 奪 | 主 | |
simp. (喧宾夺主) | 喧 | 宾 | 夺 | 主 | |
Literally: “the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄅㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuanbinduójhǔ
- Wade–Giles: hsüan1-pin1-to2-chu3
- Yale: sywān-bīn-dwó-jǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanbindwojuu
- Palladius: сюаньбиньдочжу (sjuanʹbinʹdočžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ pin⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hyun1 ban1 dyut6 zyu2
- Yale: hyūn bān dyuht jyú
- Cantonese Pinyin: hyn1 ban1 dyt9 dzy2
- Guangdong Romanization: hün1 ben1 düd6 ju2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hyːn⁵⁵ pɐn⁵⁵ tyːt̚² t͡syː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 喧賓奪主
- a minor issue takes precedence over a major one; a minor player upstages the main attraction