雙管齊下

Chinese

		two; double; pair two; double; pair; both	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	even; neat; identical even; neat; identical; ready; to make even; simultaneously; place name	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (雙管齊下)		雙	管	齊	下
simp. (双管齐下)		双	管	齐	下
Literally: “to paint a picture with two brushes at the same time”.

Etymology

From the story of Tang-dynasty painter Zhang Zao (張璪), recorded in Tu hua jian wen zhi (《圖畫見聞志》), written by Guo Ruoxu (郭若虛) during the Song dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāngguǎnqíxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gun² cai⁴ haa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): song-koán-chê-hā / siang-koán-chê-hā / siang-koán-chôe-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngguǎnqíxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuangguǎncísià
    • Wade–Giles: shuang¹-kuan³-chʻi²-hsia⁴
    • Yale: shwāng-gwǎn-chí-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuanggoanchyishiah
    • Palladius: шуангуаньцися (šuanguanʹcisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gun² cai⁴ haa⁶
    • Yale: sēung gún chàih hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gun² tsai⁴ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gun² cei⁴ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯²¹ haː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: song-koán-chê-hā
    • Tâi-lô: song-kuán-tsê-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: songkoafnze'ha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²⁴⁻²² ha²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-koán-chê-hā
    • Tâi-lô: siang-kuán-tsê-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangkoafnze'ha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²⁴⁻²² ha²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²³⁻³³ ha³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-koán-chôe-hā
    • Tâi-lô: siang-kuán-tsuê-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangkoafnzoe'ha
    • IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sue²⁴⁻¹¹ ha³³/

Idiom

雙管齊下

1. to use a two-pronged approach; to work along both lines simultaneously

Derived terms

• 多管齊下／多管齐下