日頭打西出來

Chinese

		sun; sunlight	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	west	to go from inside to outside; to come out
trad. (日頭打西出來)		日頭	打	西	出來
simp. (日头打西出来)		日头	打	西	出来
Literally: “The sun rising in the west”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìtóu dǎ xī chūlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨ ㄌㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìtóu dǎ xī chūlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄒㄧ ㄔㄨ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhtóu dǎ si chulái
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-tʻou² ta³ hsi¹ chʻu¹-lai²
    • Yale: r̀-tóu dǎ syī chū-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhtour daa shi chulai
    • Palladius: житоу да си чулай (žitou da si čulaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/

Idiom

日頭打西出來

1. (of an event) impossible or unlikely
2. (by extension, of an event) surprising or astonishing