墳頭上耍大刀——嚇鬼

See also: 坟头上耍大刀——吓鬼

Chinese

		grave mound	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	play with; to juggle	large broadsword		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (墳頭上耍大刀——嚇鬼)		墳頭	上	耍	大刀	——	嚇	鬼
simp. (坟头上耍大刀——吓鬼)		坟头	上	耍	大刀	——	吓	鬼
Literally: “play with a large broadsword on a grave mound – scare ghosts”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féntóu shàng shuǎ dàdāo, xià guǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠ , ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féntóu shàng shuǎ dàdāo, xià guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠ , ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: féntóu shàng shuǎ dàdao, sià guěi
    • Wade–Giles: fên²-tʻou² shang⁴ shua³ ta⁴-tao¹, hsia⁴ kuei³
    • Yale: fén-tóu shàng shwǎ dà-dāu-, syà gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ferntour shanq shoa dahdau, shiah goei
    • Palladius: фэньтоу шан шуа дадао, ся гуй (fɛnʹtou šan šua dadao, sja guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

墳頭上耍大刀——嚇鬼

1. to be unable to scare people

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 墳場耍大刀——嚇鬼／坟场耍大刀——吓鬼