牆倒眾人推

牆倒眾人推

Chinese

		wall	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	everybody; everyone; normal people everybody; everyone; normal people; ordinary people; commoner	push; refuse (responsibility); shove
trad. (牆倒眾人推)		牆	倒	眾人	推
simp. (墙倒众人推)		墙	倒	众人	推
Literally: “Everyone gives a shove to a falling wall.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáng dǎo zhòngrén tuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ dou² zung³ jan⁴ teoi¹
• Wu (Wiktionary): xxian tau (T3) + tson nyin the (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiáng dǎo zhòngrén tuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang dao jonqren tuei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáng dǎo jhòngrén tuei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tʰweɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ dou² zung³ jan⁴ teoi¹
    • Yale: chèuhng dóu jung yàhn tēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ dou² dzung³ jan⁴ toey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ dou² zung³ yen⁴ têu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ tou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³ jɐn²¹ tʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xxian tau (T3) + tson nyin the (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑ̻iã²² tɔ³³  t͡sʊŋ³³ n̠ʲɪɲ⁵⁵ tʰe̞²¹/

Proverb

牆倒眾人推

1. Everyone will seize the opportunity to attack a person when he or she loses power or influence