捨不得孩子套不住狼

Chinese

		give up; abandon	must not; should not; not be allowed must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive	child; children; kid	to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath	incessantly; without end; nonstop	wolf
trad. (捨不得孩子套不住狼)		捨	不得	孩子	套	不住	狼
simp. (舍不得孩子套不住狼)		舍	不得	孩子	套	不住	狼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shě bùdé háizi tào bùzhù láng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗ ㄊㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄌㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shě bùdé háizi tào bùzhù láng [Phonetic: shě bùdé háizi tào búzhù láng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗ ㄊㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shě bùdé háizi̊h tào bùjhù láng
    • Wade–Giles: shê³ pu⁴-tê² hai²-tzŭ⁵ tʻao⁴ pu⁴-chu⁴ lang²
    • Yale: shě bù-dé hái-dz tàu bù-jù láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shee buder hair.tzy taw bujuh lang
    • Palladius: шэ будэ хайцзы тао бучжу лан (šɛ budɛ xajczy tao bučžu lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ xaɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵/

Idiom

捨不得孩子套不住狼

1. something must be sacrificed in order to make an obtainment