懸崖勒馬

See also: 悬崖勒马

Chinese

		cliff; precipice	to rein in one's horse
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

  (Pinyin): xuányá lèmǎ, xuányái lèmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ, ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄞˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ ngaai⁴ lak⁶ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuányá lèmǎ
    • 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: xuányái lèmǎ
    • 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⁾/
• 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/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 懸崖勒馬

1. to act in the nick of time; to wake up to danger at the last moment