插翅難飛

插翅難飛

See also: 插翅难飞

Chinese

			disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to fly
trad. (插翅難飛)		插翅	難	飛
simp. (插翅难飞)		插翅	难	飞

Etymology

Literally: even if one grew wings, it would be difficult to fly away

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāchì nán fēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ ci³ naan⁴ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chāchì nán fēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chachyh nan fei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chachìh nán fei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ nän³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caap³ ci³ naan⁴ fei¹
    • Yale: chaap chi nàahn fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ tsi³ naan⁴ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cab³ qi³ nan⁴ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːp̚³ t͡sʰiː³³ näːn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

插翅難飛

1. unable to escape