小鹿亂撞

Chinese

		fawn; heartbeat; pounding heart	in confusion; disorderly	to hit; to strike; to meet by accident to hit; to strike; to meet by accident; to run into; to bump against; to bump into
trad. (小鹿亂撞)		小鹿	亂	撞
simp. (小鹿乱撞)		小鹿	乱	撞
Literally: “little deer dashing around”.

Etymology

Not the only form in Chinese. Many variants exist. This is the four-character chengyu-like form. Similar phrases first attested in the 13th century in Early Old Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎolùluànzhuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² luk⁶ lyun⁶ zong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎolùluànzhuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎolùluànjhuàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-lu⁴-luan⁴-chuang⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-lù-lwàn-jwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauluhluannjuanq
    • Palladius: сяолулуаньчжуан (sjaoluluanʹčžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² luk⁶ lyun⁶ zong⁶
    • Yale: síu luhk lyuhn johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² luk⁹ lyn⁶ dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² lug⁶ lün⁶ zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ lʊk̚² lyːn²² t͡sɔːŋ²²/

Idiom

小鹿亂撞

1. (figurative) to have butterflies in one's stomach (often used to describe a lovestruck person); (of one's heart) to go pit-a-pat; to flutter