皇帝不急，急死太監

See also: 皇帝不急，急死太监

Chinese

		emperor; the Emperor	not; no	hurried; worried		hurried; worried	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch
trad. (皇帝不急，急死太監)		皇帝	不	急	，	急	死	太監
simp. (皇帝不急，急死太监)		皇帝	不	急	，	急	死	太监

Etymology

Literally: The emperor is not worried, but the eunuchs are worried to death.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángdì bù jí, jí sǐ tàijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ , ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángdì bù jí, jí sǐ tàijiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ , ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángdì bù jí, jí sǐh tàijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-ti⁴ pu⁴ chi², chi² ssŭ³ tʻai⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-dì bù jí-, jí sž tài-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangdih bu jyi, jyi syy tayjiann
    • Palladius: хуанди бу цзи, цзи сы тайцзянь (xuandi bu czi, czi sy tajczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 皇帝不急，急死太監

1. The person involved is calm and collected, but observers are very worried.