皇帝不急，急死太監

See also: 皇帝不急，急死太监

Chinese

		emperor; the Emperor	not; no	hurried; worried		hurried; worried	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch
trad. (皇帝不急，急死太監)		皇帝	不	急	，	急	死	太監
simp. (皇帝不急，急死太监)		皇帝	不	急	，	急	死	太监
Literally: “The emperor is not worried, but the eunuchs are worried to death.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángdì bùjí, jísǐ tàijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ , ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángdì bùjí, jísǐ tàijiàn → huángdì bùjí, jísǐ tàijian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ , ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ → ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ , ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄐㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángdì bùjí, jísǐh tàijiån
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-ti⁴ pu⁴-chi², chi²-ssŭ³ tʻai⁴-chien⁵
    • Yale: hwáng-dì bù-jí-, jí-sž tài-jyan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangdih bujyi, jyisyy tay.jiann
    • Palladius: хуанди буцзи, цзисы тайцзянь (xuandi buczi, czisy tajczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɛn¹/

Idiom

皇帝不急，急死太監

1. (figurative) The person involved is calm and collected, but observers are very worried.

Synonyms

• 皇帝不急太監急／皇帝不急太监急
• (Cantonese) 皇帝唔急太監急／皇帝唔急太监急