蚍蜉撼大樹

Chinese

			shake; to incite	Dashu
trad. (蚍蜉撼大樹)		蚍蜉	撼	大樹
simp. (蚍蜉撼大树)		蚍蜉	撼	大树
Literally: “a big ant shaking a tree”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pífúhàndàshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ daai⁶ syu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pífúhàndàshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pífúhàndàshù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-fu²-han⁴-ta⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: pí-fú-hàn-dà-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyifwuhanndahshuh
    • Palladius: пифуханьдашу (pifuxanʹdašu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ fu³⁵ xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ daai⁶ syu⁶
    • Yale: pèih fàuh hahm daaih syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ fau⁴ ham⁶ daai⁶ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ feo⁴ hem⁶ dai⁶ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹ hɐm²² taːi̯²² syː²²/

Idiom

蚍蜉撼大樹

1. Synonym of 蚍蜉撼樹／蚍蜉撼树 (pífúhànshù)