上屋抽梯

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	house; room	to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	ladder
simp. and trad. (上屋抽梯)		上	屋	抽	梯
Literally: “remove the ladder (when the enemy has) ascended to the roof”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngwūchōutī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄨ ㄔㄡ ㄊㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ uk¹ cau¹ tai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngwūchōutī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄨ ㄔㄡ ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngwuchouti
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-wu¹-chʻou¹-tʻi¹
    • Yale: shàng-wū-chōu-tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanquchouti
    • Palladius: шанъучоути (šanʺučouti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ u⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ uk¹ cau¹ tai¹
    • Yale: séuhng ūk chāu tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ uk⁷ tsau¹ tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ ug¹ ceo¹ tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ ʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

上屋抽梯

1. (figurative) to lure someone to a treacherous place or situation then cut off their avenue of escape