不翼而飛

Chinese

		not; no	wing	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to fly
trad. (不翼而飛)		不	翼	而	飛
simp. (不翼而飞)		不	翼	而	飞
Literally: “to be wingless and yet flying or airborne”.

Etymology

Chapter 26 of Guanzi:

無翼而飛者，聲也；無根而固者，情也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

无翼而飞者，声也；无根而固者，情也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Guanzi, 7^th – 4^th century BCE

Wú yì ér fēi zhě, shēng yě; wú gēn ér gù zhě, qíng yě. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùyì'érfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jik⁶ ji⁴ fei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùyì'érfēi [Phonetic: búyì'érfēi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyiherlfei
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jik⁶ ji⁴ fei¹
  - Yale: bāt yihk yìh fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jik⁹ ji⁴ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yig⁶ yi⁴ féi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚² jiː²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /pɨu|pɨu^X|pɨut̚ jɨk̚ ȵɨ pʉi/▼

Rime
Character	不	不	不	翼	而	飛
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	以 (36)	日 (38)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	物 (60)	職 (134)	之 (19)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	甫鳩切	方久切	分勿切	與職切	如之切	甫微切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨu/	/pɨu^X/	/pɨut̚/	/jɨk̚/	/ȵɨ/	/pʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/piu/	/piu^X/	/piut̚/	/jɨk̚/	/ȵɨ/	/pʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/piəu/	/piəu^X/	/piuət̚/	/iek̚/	/ȵʑie/	/piuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puw/	/puw^X/	/put̚/	/jik̚/	/ȵɨ/	/puj/
Li Rong	/piu/	/piu^X/	/piuət̚/	/iək̚/	/ȵiə/	/piuəi/
Wang Li	/pĭəu/	/pĭəu^X/	/pĭuət̚/	/jĭək̚/	/ȵʑĭə/	/pĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯u/	/pi̯ə̯u^X/	/pi̯uət̚/	/i̯ək̚/	/ȵʑi/	/pwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fōu	fǒu	fu	yì	ér	fēi

Idiom

不翼而飛

(of news) to spread quickly; to spread like wildfire; to spread fast as if on wings
(of an object) to disappear suddenly; to disappear without a trace; to vanish into thin air

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