企喺城樓睇馬打交

Chinese

		plan a project; stand on tiptoe	(Cantonese) be ...-ing; in, at, within; to be (located)	city gate tower	look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	horse; surname	to fight; to quarrel; to argue
trad. (企喺城樓睇馬打交)		企	喺	城樓	睇	馬	打交
simp. (企喺城楼睇马打交)		企	喺	城楼	睇	马	打交
alternative forms		企响城樓睇馬打交／企响城楼睇马打交
Literally: “to stand on the city gate tower to watch horses fighting”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁵ hai² sing⁴ lau⁴ tai² maa⁵ daa² gaau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁵ hai² sing⁴ lau⁴ tai² maa⁵ daa² gaau¹
    • Yale: kéih hái sìhng làuh tái máh dá gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁵ hai² sing⁴ lau⁴ tai² maa⁵ daa² gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁵ hei² xing⁴ leo⁴ tei² ma⁵ da² gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯¹³ hɐi̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹ tʰɐi̯³⁵ maː¹³ taː³⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

企喺城樓睇馬打交

1. (Cantonese, figuratively) to watch in safety while others fight, then reaping the spoils when both sides suffer.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 坐山觀虎鬥／坐山观虎斗 (zuòshānguānhǔdòu)
• (Hokkien) 徛懸山看馬相踢／徛悬山看马相踢