不敢越雷池一步

Chinese

		to not dare; cannot; must not to not dare; cannot; must not; should not	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more		one step; a single step
trad. (不敢越雷池一步)		不敢	越	雷池	一步
simp. #(不敢越雷池一步)		不敢	越	雷池	一步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùgǎn yuè Léichí yībù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄟˊ ㄔˊ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gam² jyut⁶ leoi⁴ ci⁴ jat¹ bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùgǎn yuè Léichí yībù [Phonetic: bùgǎn yuè Léichí yíbù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄟˊ ㄔˊ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùgǎn yuè Léichíh yibù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kan³ yüeh⁴ Lei²-chʻih² i¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: bù-gǎn ywè Léi-chŕ yī-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugaan yueh Leichyr ibuh
    • Palladius: бугань юэ Лэйчи ибу (buganʹ jue Lɛjči ibu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹ leɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gam² jyut⁶ leoi⁴ ci⁴ jat¹ bou⁶
    • Yale: bāt gám yuht lèuih chìh yāt bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gam² jyt⁹ loey⁴ tsi⁴ jat⁷ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gem² yud⁶ lêu⁴ qi⁴ yed¹ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐm³⁵ jyːt̚² lɵy̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹ jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²²/

Idiom

不敢越雷池一步

1. to dare not go one step beyond the limit; to stay strictly within bounds