尾大不掉
Chinese
tail | big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
not; no | to drop; to fall | ||
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simp. and trad. (尾大不掉) |
尾 | 大 | 不 | 掉 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wěidàbùdiào
- Wade–Giles: wei3-ta4-pu4-tiao4
- Yale: wěi-dà-bù-dyàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeidahbudiaw
- Palladius: вэйдабудяо (vɛjdabudjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei5 daai6 bat1 diu6
- Yale: méih daaih bāt diuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5 daai6 bat7 diu6
- Guangdong Romanization: méi5 dai6 bed1 diu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯¹³ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 尾大不掉
- large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy, fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates