太阿倒持

Chinese

		a sword; power; authority	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
simp. and trad. (太阿倒持)		太阿	倒	持
Literally: “to hold the sword by the blade”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tài'ē dàochí

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄜㄉㄠˋ ㄔˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ o¹ dou² ci⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Tài'ē dàochí
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄜㄉㄠˋ ㄔˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taye dawchy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tài'e dàochíh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ o¹ dou² ci⁴
  - Yale: taai ō dóu chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ o¹ dou² tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ o¹ dou² qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰäːi̯³³ ɔː⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Idiom

太阿倒持

to surrender one's power to another at one's own peril

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