精衛填海

精衛填海

See also: 精卫填海

Chinese

		Jingwei, the daughter of the emperor Yandi who drowned at a young age in the East Sea and assumed the shape of a bird in order to exact revenge upon the sea by filling it up with pebbles	to fill up the ocean; to reclaim land
trad. (精衛填海)		精衛	填海
simp. (精卫填海)		精卫	填海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngwèitiánhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ wai⁶ tin⁴ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīngwèitiánhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingweytyanhae
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ wai⁶ tin⁴ hoi²
    • Yale: jīng waih tìhn hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ wai⁶ tin⁴ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ wei⁶ tin⁴ hoi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²² tʰiːn²¹ hɔːy̯³⁵/

Idiom

精衛填海

1. dogged determination