虎口餘生

虎口餘生

Chinese

		a tiger's mouth; the jaws of death	remainder of one's life; one's remaining years; survival after a disaster
trad. (虎口餘生)		虎口	餘生
simp. (虎口余生)		虎口	余生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔkǒuyúshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² hau² jyu⁴ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǔkǒuyúshēng [Phonetic: húkǒuyúshēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huukoouyusheng
    • IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² hau² jyu⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: fú háu yùh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hau² jy⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² heo² yu⁴ seng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ jyː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

虎口餘生

1. to survive a disaster; to have a narrow escape