不見兔子不撒鷹

Chinese

		to not see; to not meet	rabbit; hare; gay man	not; no	to scatter; let go	eagle; falcon; hawk
trad. (不見兔子不撒鷹)		不見	兔子	不	撒	鷹
simp. (不见兔子不撒鹰)		不见	兔子	不	撒	鹰
Literally: “Don't release the falcon (to hunt) if you can't spot a hare”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjiàn tùzi bù sā yīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄚ ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gin³ tou³ zi² bat¹ saat³ jing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjiàn tùzi bù sā yīng [Phonetic: bújiàn tùzi bù sā yīng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄚ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjiàn tùzi̊h bù sa ying
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chien⁴ tʻu⁴-tzŭ⁵ pu⁴ sa¹ ying¹
    • Yale: bù-jyàn tù-dz bù sā yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujiann tuh.tzy bu sa ing
    • Palladius: буцзянь туцзы бу са ин (buczjanʹ tuczy bu sa in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ pu⁵¹ sä⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gin³ tou³ zi² bat¹ saat³ jing¹
    • Yale: bāt gin tou jí bāt saat yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gin³ tou³ dzi² bat⁷ saat⁸ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gin³ tou³ ji² bed¹ sad³ ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ tʰou̯³³ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ saːt̚³ jɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

不見兔子不撒鷹

1. don't rush to take actions until you've made your objective clear