笑裡藏刀
Chinese
laugh; smile | inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing |
storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate |
knife | ||
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trad. (笑裡藏刀/笑裏藏刀) | 笑 | 裡/裏 | 藏 | 刀 | |
simp. (笑里藏刀) | 笑 | 里 | 藏 | 刀 | |
Literally: “a dagger hidden in smiles”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄘㄤˊ ㄉㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siàolǐcángdao
- Wade–Giles: hsiao4-li3-tsʻang2-tao1
- Yale: syàu-lǐ-tsáng-dāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawliitsarngdau
- Palladius: сяолицандао (sjaolicandao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu3 leoi5 cong4 dou1
- Yale: siu léuih chòhng dōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu3 loey5 tsong4 dou1
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu3 lêu5 cong4 dou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³³ lɵy̯¹³ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 笑裡藏刀
- to act in a friendly manner with hypocritical intentions; to be a wolf in sheep's clothing
Categories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Chinese idioms
- Mandarin idioms
- Cantonese idioms
- Chinese chengyu
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- Cantonese chengyu
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 笑
- Chinese terms spelled with 裡
- Chinese terms spelled with 藏
- Chinese terms spelled with 刀
- Thirty-Six Stratagems