獅子開大口

Chinese

		lion; Buddha; bodhisattva	open; operate (vehicle); start	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (獅子開大口)		獅子	開	大	口
simp. (狮子开大口)		狮子	开	大	口
anagram		獅子大開口／狮子大开口

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zi² hoi¹ daai⁶ hau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ zi² hoi¹ daai⁶ hau²
    • Yale: sī jí hōi daaih háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzi² hoi¹ daai⁶ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ji² hoi¹ dai⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ taːi̯²² hɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

獅子開大口

1. (Cantonese, figurative) to ask for an unjustly large amount of money and/or goods

Synonyms

• 獅子大開口／狮子大开口 (shīzi dà kāikǒu)