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兔走烏飛

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Chinese

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rabbit
to walk; to go; to move
to walk; to go; to move; to leave
 
a crow; black; not
a crow; black; not; empty; void
 
to fly
trad. (兔走烏飛)
simp. (兔走乌飞)

Etymology

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(, “rabbit”) and (, “crow”) refer to the moon rabbit and the three-legged crow in Chinese mythology and represent the moon and the sun, respectively.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (13) (13) (34) (1)
Final () (23) (137) (137) (23) (21)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open Closed
Division () I I I I III
Fanqie
Baxter thuH tsuwX tsuwH 'u pj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰuoH/ /t͡səuX/ /t͡səuH/ /ʔuo/ /pʉi/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰuoH/ /t͡səuX/ /t͡səuH/ /ʔuo/ /pʷɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰoH/ /t͡səuX/ /t͡səuH/ /ʔo/ /piuəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɔH/ /t͡səwX/ /t͡səwH/ /ʔɔ/ /puj/
Li
Rong
/tʰoH/ /t͡suX/ /t͡suH/ /ʔo/ /piuəi/
Wang
Li
/tʰuH/ /t͡səuX/ /t͡səuH/ /u/ /pĭwəi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰuoH/ /t͡sə̯uX/ /t͡sə̯uH/ /ʔuo/ /pwe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zǒu zòu fēi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou3 zau2 zau3 wu1 fei1

Idiom

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兔走烏飛

  1. time passes quickly

Synonyms

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