大魚吃小魚
See also: 大鱼吃小鱼
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
fish | eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer |
small fish | ||
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trad. (大魚吃小魚) | 大 | 魚 | 吃 | 小魚 | |
simp. (大鱼吃小鱼) | 大 | 鱼 | 吃 | 小鱼 | |
Literally: “The big fish eat the little fish”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˊ ㄔ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dà yú chih siǎo yú
- Wade–Giles: ta4 yü2 chʻih1 hsiao3 yü2
- Yale: dà yú chr̄ syǎu yú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah yu chy sheau yu
- Palladius: да юй чи сяо юй (da juj či sjao juj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proverb
- Short for 大魚吃小魚,小魚吃蝦米/大鱼吃小鱼,小鱼吃虾米 (dàyú chī xiǎoyú, xiǎoyú chī xiāmi).
See also
- Thai: ปลาใหญ่กินปลาเล็ก