洪爐燎髮

Chinese

		large oven; great furnace; furnace large oven; great furnace; furnace; place where one's talent or character is forged
trad. (洪爐燎髮)		洪爐	燎髮
simp. (洪炉燎发)		洪炉	燎发
Literally: “(to light) a big oven so that one can burn (a person's) body and head hair”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hónglúliáofà, hónglúliáofǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ lou⁴ liu⁴ faat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hónglúliáofà
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hónglúliáofà
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-lu²-liao²-fa⁴
    • Yale: húng-lú-lyáu-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngluliaufah
    • Palladius: хунлуляофа (xunluljaofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ lu³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hónglúliáofǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hónglúliáofǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-lu²-liao²-fa³
    • Yale: húng-lú-lyáu-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngluliaufaa
    • Palladius: хунлуляофа (xunluljaofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ lu³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ lou⁴ liu⁴ faat³
    • Yale: hùhng lòuh lìuh faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ lou⁴ liu⁴ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ lou⁴ liu⁴ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ lou̯²¹ liːu̯²¹ faːt̚³/

Idiom

洪爐燎髮

1. (archaic) overkill; to go way overboard; to use a sledge hammer to crack a nut

Synonyms

• 鼓洪爐燎毛髮／鼓洪炉燎毛发 (gǔ hónglú liáo máofà)