狼多肉少

Chinese

		wolf	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	meat; flesh	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
trad. (狼多肉少)		狼	多	肉	少
simp. #(狼多肉少)		狼	多	肉	少
Literally: “many wolves, little meat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lángduōròushǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄖㄡˋ ㄕㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴ do¹ juk⁶ siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lángduōròushǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄖㄡˋ ㄕㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lángduoròushǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lang²-to¹-jou⁴-shao³
    • Yale: láng-dwō-ròu-shǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langduorowshao
    • Palladius: ландожоушао (landožoušao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: long⁴ do¹ juk⁶ siu²
    • Yale: lòhng dō yuhk síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴ do¹ juk⁹ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁴ do¹ yug⁶ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ jʊk̚² siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

狼多肉少

1. a situation where many individuals fight over scarce resources