家賊難防
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Chinese
[edit]thief within a house or family; undiscovered traitor | disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
to protect; to defend; to guard (against) | ||
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trad. (家賊難防) | 家賊 | 難 | 防 | |
simp. (家贼难防) | 家贼 | 难 | 防 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄗㄟˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiazéinánfáng
- Wade–Giles: chia1-tsei2-nan2-fang2
- Yale: jyā-dzéi-nán-fáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiatzeirnanfarng
- Palladius: цзяцзэйнаньфан (czjaczɛjnanʹfan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaa1 caak6 naan4 fong4
- Yale: gā chaahk nàahn fòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaa1 tsaak9 naan4 fong4
- Guangdong Romanization: ga1 cag6 nan4 fong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaː⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚² naːn²¹ fɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]家賊難防
- it is difficult to guard against a thief within one's house; bad people from within are the most difficult to guard against