插翅難飛

See also: 插翅难飞

Chinese

			disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to fly
trad. (插翅難飛)		插翅	難	飛
simp. (插翅难飞)		插翅	难	飞

Etymology

Literally: even if one grew wings, it would be difficult to fly away

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāchì nán fēi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ ci³ naan⁴ fei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chāchì nán fēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chachyh nan fei
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chachìh nán fei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ nän³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caap³ ci³ naan⁴ fei¹
  - Yale: chaap chi nàahn fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ tsi³ naan⁴ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cab³ qi³ nan⁴ féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːp̚³ t͡sʰiː³³ näːn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

插翅難飛

unable to escape

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