懸崖勒馬
See also: 悬崖勒马
Chinese
cliff; precipice | to rein in one's horse | ||
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trad. (懸崖勒馬) | 懸崖 | 勒馬 | |
simp. (悬崖勒马) | 悬崖 | 勒马 | |
Literally: “to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuányá lèmǎ
- Wade–Giles: hsüan2-ya2 lê4-ma3
- Yale: sywán-yá lè-mǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanya lehmaa
- Palladius: сюанья лэма (sjuanʹja lɛma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ jä³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄞˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuányái lèmǎ
- Wade–Giles: hsüan2-yai2 lê4-ma3
- Yale: sywán-yái lè-mǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanyai lehmaa
- Palladius: сюаньяй лэма (sjuanʹjaj lɛma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ jaɪ̯³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyun4 ngaai4 lak6 maa5
- Yale: yùhn ngàaih lahk máh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4 ngaai4 lak9 maa5
- Guangdong Romanization: yun4 ngai4 leg6 ma5
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹ lɐk̚² maː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 懸崖勒馬
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