夾縫中求生存

See also: 夹缝中求生存

Chinese

		narrow space between two adjacent things; crack; crevice	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	to live; to exist; to subsist to live; to exist; to subsist; to survive
trad. (夾縫中求生存)		夾縫	中	求	生存
simp. (夹缝中求生存)		夹缝	中	求	生存
Literally: “to eke out an existence within the crevices”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāfèng zhōng qiú shēngcún, jiáfèng zhōng qiú shēngcún

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄈㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄥ ㄘㄨㄣˊ, ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄥ ㄘㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāfèng zhōng qiú shēngcún
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄈㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄥ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiafòng jhong cióu shengcún
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-fêng⁴ chung¹ chʻiu² shêng¹-tsʻun²
    • Yale: jyā-fèng jūng chyóu shēng-tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiafenq jong chyou shengtswen
    • Palladius: цзяфэн чжун цю шэнцунь (czjafɛn čžun cju šɛncunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiáfèng zhōng qiú shēngcún
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄥ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiáfòng jhong cióu shengcún
    • Wade–Giles: chia²-fêng⁴ chung¹ chʻiu² shêng¹-tsʻun²
    • Yale: jyá-fèng jūng chyóu shēng-tswún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyafenq jong chyou shengtswen
    • Palladius: цзяфэн чжун цю шэнцунь (czjafɛn čžun cju šɛncunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/

Idiom

夾縫中求生存

1. to try to remain neutral without succumbing to pressure from either side