白旄黃鉞

See also: 白旄黄钺

Chinese

		white banners	gilded axes
trad. (白旄黃鉞)		白旄	黃鉞
simp. (白旄黄钺)		白旄	黄钺

Etymology

白旄 (a white banner with a yak tail on the top of the pole) + 黃鉞 (a gilded battle-ax: symbolic of the power and authority of an emperor or high official)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báimáo huángyuè
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄩㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: báimáo huángyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmau hwangyueh
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ y̯œ⁵¹/

Noun

白旄黃鉞

(archaic) white banners and gilded axes (signifying the start of a military expedition)

References

Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 5, page 70, note 15 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN