不入虎穴，焉得虎子

不入虎穴，焉得虎子

Chinese

		not; no	to enter	tiger's den; danger spot; dangerous place		where; how	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	tiger's cub
trad. (不入虎穴，焉得虎子)		不	入	虎穴	，	焉	得	虎子
simp. #(不入虎穴，焉得虎子)		不	入	虎穴	，	焉	得	虎子

Etymology

Literally: If you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ, bù rù hǔxuè, yān dé hǔzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗˇ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jap⁶ fu² jyut⁶, jin¹ dak¹ fu² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ [Phonetic: búrùhǔxué,yāndéhúzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu ruh huushyue, ian der huutzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕɥ̯œ³⁵ i̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: bù rù hǔxuè, yān dé hǔzǐ [Phonetic: búrùhǔxuè,yāndéhúzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu ruh huushiueh, ian der huutzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ i̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jap⁶ fu² jyut⁶, jin¹ dak¹ fu² zi²
    • Yale: bāt yahp fú yuht, yīn dāk fú jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jap⁹ fu² jyt⁹, jin¹ dak⁷ fu² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yeb⁶ fu² yud⁶, yin¹ deg¹ fu² ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɐp̚² fuː³⁵ jyːt̚² jiːn⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ fuː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Proverb

不入虎穴，焉得虎子

1. No pain, no gain; no risk, no reward; nothing ventured, nothing gained.

See also

• Japanese: 虎穴 (こけつ)に入 (い)らずんば虎 (こ)子 (じ)を得 (え)ず (koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu)