大張旗鼓

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	(a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (大張旗鼓)		大	張	旗鼓
simp. (大张旗鼓)		大	张	旗鼓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzhāngqígǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤ ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zoeng¹ kei⁴ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzhāngqígǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄤ ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjhangcígǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chang¹-chʻi²-ku³
    • Yale: dà-jāng-chí-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjangchyiguu
    • Palladius: дачжанцигу (dačžancigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zoeng¹ kei⁴ gu²
    • Yale: daaih jēung kèih gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzoeng¹ kei⁴ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zêng¹ kéi⁴ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ kuː³⁵/

Idiom

大張旗鼓

1. on a grand scale; in a big way; with great fanfare