揚湯止沸
See also: 扬汤止沸
Chinese
hurl; to raise; to scatter | soup; hot water | to stop; prohibit; till | boil | ||
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trad. (揚湯止沸) | 揚 | 湯 | 止 | 沸 | |
simp. (扬汤止沸) | 扬 | 汤 | 止 | 沸 |
Etymology
Literally: lift the soup to stop it from boiling
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄓˇ ㄈㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yángtangjhǐhfèi
- Wade–Giles: yang2-tʻang1-chih3-fei4
- Yale: yáng-tāng-jř-fèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangtangjyyfey
- Palladius: янтанчжифэй (jantančžifɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 揚湯止沸
- to implement a temporary solution in order to avert a crisis
Derived terms
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References
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