教會徒弟，餓死師傅

Chinese

		to teach until someone succeeds in learning	follower; apprentice; disciple		to starve to death; to die of starvation	teacher; master; sifu teacher; master; sifu; shifu
trad. (教會徒弟，餓死師傅)		教會	徒弟	，	餓死	師傅
simp. (教会徒弟，饿死师傅)		教会	徒弟	，	饿死	师傅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàohuì túdì, èsǐ shīfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ , ㄜˋ ㄙˇ ㄕ ㄈㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàohuì túdì, èsǐ shīfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ , ㄜˋ ㄙˇ ㄕ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàohuèi túdì, èsǐh shihfù
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-hui⁴ tʻu²-ti⁴, o⁴-ssŭ³ shih¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: jyàu-hwèi tú-dì-, è-sž shr̄-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawhuey twudih, ehsyy shyfuh
    • Palladius: цзяохуэй туди, эсы шифу (czjaoxuej tudi, esy šifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɤ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/

Proverb

教會徒弟，餓死師傅

1. If a master teaches his apprentice everything without reservation, the apprentice may surpass the master, causing the master to lose his livelihood

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 教識徒弟冇師傅／教识徒弟冇师傅