利令智昏

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	wisdom; knowledge	muddle-headed; twilight; to faint muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
trad. (利令智昏)		利	令	智	昏
simp. #(利令智昏)		利	令	智	昏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìlìngzhìhūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄓˋ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ ling⁶ zi³ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìlìngzhìhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄓˋ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìlìngjhìhhun
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-ling⁴-chih⁴-hun¹
    • Yale: lì-lìng-jr̀-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihlinqjyhhuen
    • Palladius: лилинчжихунь (lilinčžixunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁶ ling⁶ zi³ fan¹
    • Yale: leih lihng ji fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ ling⁶ dzi³ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ ling⁶ ji³ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² lɪŋ²² t͡siː³³ fɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

利令智昏

1. to be blinded by the lust for gains; to lose one's head because of greed