樹倒猢猻散

See also: 树倒猢狲散

Chinese

		tree	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	monkey; macaque	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (樹倒猢猻散)		樹	倒	猢猻	散
simp. (树倒猢狲散)		树	倒	猢狲	散
Literally: “When a tree falls, the monkeys scatter.”

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù dǎo húsūn sàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣ ㄙㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁶ dou² wu⁴ syun¹ saan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù dǎo húsūn sàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣ ㄙㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù dǎo húsun sàn
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴ tao³ hu²-sun¹ san⁴
    • Yale: shù dǎu hú-swūn sàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh dao hwusuen sann
    • Palladius: шу дао хусунь сань (šu dao xusunʹ sanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵ sän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁶ dou² wu⁴ syun¹ saan³
    • Yale: syuh dóu wùh syūn saan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁶ dou² wu⁴ syn¹ saan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁶ dou² wu⁴ xun¹ san³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²² tou̯³⁵ wuː²¹ syːn⁵⁵ saːn³³/

Proverb

樹倒猢猻散

1. (figurative) When a leader loses power, his/her followers disperse.

Synonyms

• (Wu) 樹倒活猻散／树倒活狲散