虎口奪食

Chinese

		a tiger's mouth; the jaws of death	rob; snatch	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (虎口奪食)		虎口	奪	食
simp. (虎口夺食)		虎口	夺	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔkǒuduóshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄕˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔkǒuduóshí [Phonetic: húkǒuduóshí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔkǒuduóshíh
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-kʻou³-to²-shih²
    • Yale: hǔ-kǒu-dwó-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huukooudwoshyr
    • Palladius: хукоудоши (xukoudoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Idiom

虎口奪食

1. to be extremely brave; to take an enormous risk