燈下黑
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]lamp; light | under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter |
black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.) | ||
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trad. (燈下黑) | 燈 | 下 | 黑 | |
simp. (灯下黑) | 灯 | 下 | 黑 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dengsiàhei
- Wade–Giles: têng1-hsia4-hei1
- Yale: dēng-syà-hēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengshiahhei
- Palladius: дэнсяхэй (dɛnsjaxɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proverb
[edit]燈下黑
- (literally) it's dark right under the lamp
- (figurative) people tend to overlook things right under their noses