坐山觀虎鬥
Chinese
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.) | mountain; hill | to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery |
tiger | fight; contend; incite fight; contend; incite; meet; encounter | ||
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trad. (坐山觀虎鬥) | 坐 | 山 | 觀 | 虎 | 鬥 | |
simp. (坐山观虎斗) | 坐 | 山 | 观 | 虎 | 斗 | |
Literally: “to sit on top of the mountain to watch the tigers fight”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨˇ ㄉㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zuòshanguanhǔdòu
- Wade–Giles: tso4-shan1-kuan1-hu3-tou4
- Yale: dzwò-shān-gwān-hǔ-dòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshanguanhuudow
- Palladius: цзошаньгуаньхудоу (czošanʹguanʹxudou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zo6 saan1 gun1 fu2 dau3
- Yale: joh sāan gūn fú dau
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzo6 saan1 gun1 fu2 dau3
- Guangdong Romanization: zo6 san1 gun1 fu2 deo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔː²² saːn⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ tɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 坐山觀虎鬥
- (figuratively) to watch in safety while others fight, then reaping the spoils when both sides suffer.
References
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