放下屠刀
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to lay down; to put down; to lower | butcher's knife | ||
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simp. and trad. (放下屠刀) |
放下 | 屠刀 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsiàtúdao
- Wade–Giles: fang4-hsia4-tʻu2-tao1
- Yale: fàng-syà-tú-dāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqshiahtwudau
- Palladius: фансятудао (fansjatudao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fong3 haa6 tou4 dou1
- Yale: fong hah tòuh dōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: fong3 haa6 tou4 dou1
- Guangdong Romanization: fong3 ha6 tou4 dou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔːŋ³³ haː²² tʰou̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]放下屠刀
- to repent and mend one's ways; to turn over a new leaf
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 放下屠刀,立地成佛 (fàngxiàtúdāo, lìdìchéngfó)