摧枯拉朽
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]break; destroy; devastate break; destroy; devastate; ravage; repress |
withered; dried up | to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw |
rotten | ||
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simp. and trad. (摧枯拉朽) |
摧 | 枯 | 拉 | 朽 | |
Literally: “crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟ ㄎㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄒㄧㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cueiku lasiǒu
- Wade–Giles: tsʻui1-kʻu1 la1-hsiu3
- Yale: tswēi-kū lā-syǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueiku lhasheou
- Palladius: цуйку ласю (cujku lasju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ceoi1 fu1 laai1 nau2
- Yale: chēui fū lāai náu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey1 fu1 laai1 nau2
- Guangdong Romanization: cêu1 fu1 lai1 neo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ nɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]摧枯拉朽