摧枯拉朽

Chinese

		break; destroy; devastate break; destroy; devastate; ravage; repress	withered; dried up	to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	rotten
simp. and trad. (摧枯拉朽)		摧	枯	拉	朽
Literally: “crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuīkū lāxiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟ ㄎㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄒㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ fu¹ laai¹ nau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuīkū lāxiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟ ㄎㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄒㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cueiku lasiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui¹-kʻu¹ la¹-hsiu³
    • Yale: tswēi-kū lā-syǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueiku lhasheou
    • Palladius: цуйку ласю (cujku lasju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ fu¹ laai¹ nau²
    • Yale: chēui fū lāai náu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ fu¹ laai¹ nau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ fu¹ lai¹ neo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ nɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

摧枯拉朽

1. easily destroyed or crushed