虎入羊群

See also: 虎入羊羣

Chinese

		tiger	to enter	caprid	crowd; flock; group
trad. (虎入羊群/虎入羊羣)		虎	入	羊	群/羣
simp. (虎入羊群)		虎	入	羊	群
Literally: “a tiger in the middle of a group of lambs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔrùyángqún

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² jap⁶ joeng⁴ kwan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǔrùyángqún
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuruhyangchyun
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔrùyángcyún
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐu⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² jap⁶ joeng⁴ kwan⁴
  - Yale: fú yahp yèuhng kwàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² jap⁹ joeng⁴ kwan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² yeb⁶ yêng⁴ kuen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ jɐp̚² jœ̽ːŋ²¹ kʷʰɐn²¹/

Idiom

虎入羊群

fox in the henhouse

See also

引虎入羊群 (yǐn hǔ rù yáng qún)

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