明知山有虎，偏向虎山行

Chinese

		to know perfectly well; to be fully aware; wittingly to know perfectly well; to be fully aware; wittingly; intentionally; knowingly; deliberately	mountain; hill	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	tiger		one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to	tiger	mountain; hill	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (明知山有虎，偏向虎山行)		明知	山	有	虎	，	偏	向	虎	山	行
simp. #(明知山有虎，偏向虎山行)		明知	山	有	虎	，	偏	向	虎	山	行
Literally: “clearly know there's tigers on the mountain, yet willfully go toward the tigers' mountain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngzhī shān yǒu hǔ, piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓ ㄕㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨˇ , ㄆㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄕㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngzhī shān yǒu hǔ, piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng [Phonetic: míngzhīshānyóuhǔ,piānxiànghǔshānxíng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓ ㄕㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨˇ , ㄆㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄕㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngjhih shan yǒu hǔ, pian siàng hǔ shan síng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-chih¹ shan¹ yu³ hu³, pʻien¹ hsiang⁴ hu³ shan¹ hsing²
    • Yale: míng-jr̄ shān yǒu hǔ-, pyān syàng hǔ shān syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjy shan yeou huu, pian shianq huu shan shyng
    • Palladius: минчжи шань ю ху, пянь сян ху шань син (minčži šanʹ ju xu, pjanʹ sjan xu šanʹ sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/

Idiom

明知山有虎，偏向虎山行

1. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers involved