暴虎馮河

Chinese

		sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	tiger	Feng (Chinese surname)	river
trad. (暴虎馮河)		暴	虎	馮	河
simp. (暴虎冯河)		暴	虎	冯	河
Literally: “to fight tiger bare-handed and wade rivers”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàohǔpínghé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàohǔpínghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàohǔpínghé
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-hu³-pʻing²-ho²
    • Yale: bàu-hǔ-píng-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawhuupyngher
    • Palladius: баохупинхэ (baoxupinxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 暴虎馮河

1. (figurative) bull-headed heroism