放虎歸山

放虎歸山

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	tiger	to go back; to return	mountain; hill
trad. (放虎歸山)		放	虎	歸	山
simp. (放虎归山)		放	虎	归	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànghǔguīshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ fu² gwai¹ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fànghǔguīshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄕㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqhuugueishan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fànghǔgueishan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kweɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ fu² gwai¹ saan¹
    • Yale: fong fú gwāi sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ fu² gwai¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ fu² guei¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ fuː³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ säːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

放虎歸山

1. to set free an enemy or a bad person which leads to future disasters