雙管齊下

Chinese

	two; double; pair two; double; pair; both	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	even; neat; identical even; neat; identical; ready; to make even; simultaneously; placename	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (雙管齊下)	雙	管	齊	下
simp. (双管齐下)	双	管	齐	下
Literally: “to paint a picture with two brushes at the same time”.

Etymology

From the story of Tang-dynasty painter Zhang Zao (張璪), recorded in Tu hua jian wen zhi (《圖畫見聞志》), written by Guo Ruoxu (郭若虛) during the Song dynasty.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuāngguǎnqíxià
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gun² cai⁴ haa⁶
Min Nan (POJ): song-koán-chê-hā / siang-koán-chê-hā / siang-koán-chôe-hā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngguǎnqíxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuangguǎncísià
  - Wade–Giles: shuang¹-kuan³-chʻi²-hsia⁴
  - Yale: shwāng-gwǎn-chí-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuanggoanchyishiah
  - Palladius: шуангуаньцися (šuanguanʹcisja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂwɑŋ⁵⁵ kwän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕjä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ gun² cai⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: sēung gún chàih hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gun² tsai⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gun² cei⁴ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯²¹ haː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: song-koán-chê-hā
  - Tâi-lô: song-kuán-tsê-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: songkoafnze'ha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²⁴⁻²² ha²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-koán-chê-hā
  - Tâi-lô: siang-kuán-tsê-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangkoafnze'ha
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²³⁻³³ ha³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²⁴⁻²² ha²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-koán-chôe-hā
  - Tâi-lô: siang-kuán-tsuê-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangkoafnzoe'ha
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sue²⁴⁻¹¹ ha³³/

Idiom

雙管齊下

to use a two-pronged approach; to work along both lines simultaneously