貓哭老鼠——假慈悲

貓哭老鼠——假慈悲

Chinese

		cat	to cry; to weep	mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	merciful; benevolent; pitying
trad. (貓哭老鼠——假慈悲)		貓	哭	老鼠	——	假	慈悲
simp. (猫哭老鼠——假慈悲)		猫	哭	老鼠	——	假	慈悲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māo kū lǎoshǔ, jiǎ cíbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ ㄎㄨ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄘˊ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau¹ huk¹ lou⁵ syu², gaa² ci⁴ bei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: māo kū lǎoshǔ, jiǎ cíbēi [Phonetic: māokūláoshǔ,jiǎcíbēi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ ㄎㄨ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄘˊ ㄅㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau ku laoshuu, jea tsybei
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau¹ huk¹ lou⁵ syu², gaa² ci⁴ bei¹
    • Yale: māau hūk lóuh syú, gá chìh bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹ huk⁷ lou⁵ sy², gaa² tsi⁴ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao¹ hug¹ lou⁵ xu², ga² qi⁴ béi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mäːu̯⁵⁵ hʊk̚⁵ lou̯¹³ ʃyː³⁵ käː³⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ pei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

貓哭老鼠——假慈悲

1. to cry crocodile tears

Synonyms

• 貓哭耗子——假慈悲／猫哭耗子——假慈悲 (māo kū hàozi, jiǎ cíbēi)