夫妻本是同林鳥，大難臨頭各自飛

Chinese

		Even though a husband and wife were originally birds from the same forest.		to be faced with imminent danger	each respectively; each one of them; each one of you	to fly
trad. (夫妻本是同林鳥，大難臨頭各自飛)		夫妻本是同林鳥	，	大難臨頭	各自	飛
simp. (夫妻本是同林鸟，大难临头各自飞)		夫妻本是同林鸟	，	大难临头	各自	飞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fūqīběnshìtónglínniǎo , dànánlín tóugè zì fēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ , ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄗˋ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ cai¹ bun² si⁶ tung⁴ lam⁴ niu⁵, daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴ gok³ zi⁶ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fūqīběnshìtónglínniǎo , dànánlín tóugè zì fēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ , ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄜˋ ㄗˋ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fuciběnshìhtónglínniǎo , dànánlín tóugè zìh fei
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹-chʻi¹-pên³-shih⁴-tʻung²-lin²-niao³ , ta⁴-nan²-lin² tʻou²-ko⁴ tzŭ⁴ fei¹
    • Yale: fū-chī-běn-shr̀-túng-lín-nyǎu , dà-nán-lín tóu-gè dz̀ fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuchibeenshyhtornglinneau , dahnanlin tourgeh tzyh fei
    • Palladius: фуцибэньшитунлиньняо , дананьлинь тоугэ цзы фэй (fucibɛnʹšitunlinʹnjao , dananʹlinʹ tougɛ czy fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ lin³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ nän³⁵ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ cai¹ bun² si⁶ tung⁴ lam⁴ niu⁵, daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴ gok³ zi⁶ fei¹
    • Yale: fū chāi bún sih tùhng làhm níuh, daaih naahn làhm tàuh gok jih fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ tsai¹ bun² si⁶ tung⁴ lam⁴ niu⁵, daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴ gok⁸ dzi⁶ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ cei¹ bun² xi⁶ tung⁴ lem⁴ niu⁵, dai⁶ nan⁶ lem⁴ teo⁴ gog³ ji⁶ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ puːn³⁵ siː²² tʰʊŋ²¹ lɐm²¹ niːu̯¹³ taːi̯²² naːn²² lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³ t͡siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

夫妻本是同林鳥，大難臨頭各自飛

1. Synonym of 夫妻本是同林鳥／夫妻本是同林鸟 (fūqī běn shì tóng lín niǎo)