貓哭老鼠——假慈悲

Chinese

		cat	to cry; to weep	mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	merciful; benevolent; pitying
trad. (貓哭老鼠——假慈悲)		貓	哭	老鼠	——	假	慈悲
simp. (猫哭老鼠——假慈悲)		猫	哭	老鼠	——	假	慈悲
Literally: “Cat cries over mouse ― fake sympathy”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māo kū lǎoshǔ, jiǎ cíbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ ㄎㄨ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ , ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄘˊ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau¹ huk¹ lou⁵ syu², gaa² ci⁴ bei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māo kū lǎoshǔ, jiǎ cíbēi [Phonetic: māokūláoshǔ,jiǎcíbēi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ ㄎㄨ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ , ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄘˊ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mao ku lǎoshǔ, jiǎ cíhbei
    • Wade–Giles: mao¹ kʻu¹ lao³-shu³, chia³ tzʻŭ²-pei¹
    • Yale: māu kū lǎu-shǔ-, jyǎ tsź-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau ku laoshuu, jea tsyrbei
    • Palladius: мао ку лаошу, цзя цыбэй (mao ku laošu, czja cybɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau¹ huk¹ lou⁵ syu², gaa² ci⁴ bei¹
    • Yale: māau hūk lóuh syú, gá chìh bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹ huk⁷ lou⁵ sy², gaa² tsi⁴ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao¹ hug¹ lou⁵ xu², ga² qi⁴ béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯⁵⁵ hʊk̚⁵ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ kaː³⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ pei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

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1. to cry crocodile tears

Synonyms

• 貓哭耗子——假慈悲／猫哭耗子——假慈悲 (māo kū hàozi, jiǎ cíbēi)

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