前方高能

Chinese

		front; ahead; frontline	high-energy; highly exciting, informative or revealing
trad. (前方高能)		前方	高能
simp. #(前方高能)		前方	高能
Literally: “high-energy ahead”.

Etymology

From commonly spoken lines by detectors of space fleets in mecha anime. For example:

偵測到前方高能反應！ [MSC, trad.]
侦测到前方高能反应！ [MSC, simp.]

Zhēncè dào qiánfāng gāonéng fǎnyìng! [Pinyin]

High-level energy reaction ahead detected!

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánfānggāonéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄤ ㄍㄠ ㄋㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánfānggāonéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄤ ㄍㄠ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánfanggaonéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-fang¹-kao¹-nêng²
    • Yale: chyán-fāng-gāu-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanfanggauneng
    • Palladius: цяньфангаонэн (cjanʹfangaonɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ nɤŋ³⁵/

Idiom

前方高能

1. (slang, neologism) something violent will follow