牆倒眾人推
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]wall | 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 |
push; refuse (responsibility); shove | |||
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trad. (牆倒眾人推/牆倒衆人推) | 牆 | 倒 | 眾人/衆人 | 推 | |
simp. (墙倒众人推) | 墙 | 倒 | 众人 | 推 | |
Literally: “Everyone gives a shove to a falling wall.” |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng4 dou2 zung3 jan4 teoi1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zhian-tau 5tson-gnin-the
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciáng dǎo jhòngrén tuei
- Wade–Giles: chʻiang2 tao3 chung4-jên2 tʻui1
- Yale: chyáng dǎu jùng-rén twēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang dao jonqren tuei
- Palladius: цян дао чжунжэнь туй (cjan dao čžunžɛnʹ tuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coeng4 dou2 zung3 jan4 teoi1
- Yale: chèuhng dóu jung yàhn tēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng4 dou2 dzung3 jan4 toey1
- Guangdong Romanization: cêng4 dou2 zung3 yen4 têu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³ jɐn²¹ tʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Proverb
[edit]牆倒眾人推
- Everyone will seize the opportunity to attack a person when he or she loses power or influence