按倒葫蘆瓢起來

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Chinese

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to press (with the hand); to push; to control
to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of
 
upset; turn over; to tip
upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
 
bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water dipper; ladle
to rise up; to get up; to get up
 
trad. (按倒葫蘆瓢起來) 葫蘆 起來
simp. (按倒葫芦瓢起来) 葫芦 起来
Literally: “hardly has one gourd been pushed under water when another bobs up”.

Pronunciation

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  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: àn dǎo húlu piáo qǐlái → àn dǎo húlu piáo qǐlai (toneless final syllable variant)
      • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
      • Tongyong Pinyin: àn dǎo húlů piáo cǐlåi
      • Wade–Giles: an4 tao3 hu2-lu5 pʻiao2 chʻi3-lai5
      • Yale: àn dǎu hú-lu pyáu chǐ-lai
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann dao hwu.lu pyau chii.lai
      • Palladius: ань дао хулу пяо цилай (anʹ dao xulu pjao cilaj)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ˀän⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ lu³ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /ˀän⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ lu³ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴ laɪ̯⁴/

Idiom

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按倒葫蘆瓢起來

  1. Synonym of 按下葫蘆浮起瓢按下葫芦浮起瓢 (àn xià húlu fú qǐ piáo, to solve one problem only to find another cropping up)