按倒葫蘆瓢起來

Chinese

		to press (with the hand); to push; to control to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water	dipper; ladle	to rise up; to get up; to get up to rise up; to get up; to get up; to get out of bed
trad. (按倒葫蘆瓢起來)		按	倒	葫蘆	瓢	起來
simp. (按倒葫芦瓢起来)		按	倒	葫芦	瓢	起来
Literally: “hardly has one gourd been pushed under water when another bobs up”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àn dǎo húlu piáo qǐlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àn dǎo húlu piáo qǐlái → àn dǎo húlu piáo qǐlai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àn dǎo húlů piáo cǐlåi
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴ tao³ hu²-lu⁵ pʻiao² chʻi³-lai⁵
    • Yale: àn dǎu hú-lu pyáu chǐ-lai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann dao hwu.lu pyau chii.lai
    • Palladius: ань дао хулу пяо цилай (anʹ dao xulu pjao cilaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ lu³ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /ˀän⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ lu³ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴ laɪ̯⁴/

Idiom

按倒葫蘆瓢起來

1. Synonym of 按下葫蘆浮起瓢／按下葫芦浮起瓢 (àn xià húlu fú qǐ piáo, “to solve one problem only to find another cropping up”)