直搗黃龍

Chinese

		to attack directly	Huanglong Prefecture
trad. (直搗黃龍)		直搗	黃龍
simp. (直捣黄龙)		直捣	黄龙

Etymology

Quoted from Yue Fei:

飛大喜，語其下曰：「直抵黃龍府，與諸君痛飲爾！」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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飞大喜，语其下曰：「直抵黄龙府，与诸君痛饮尔！」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: 1345 CE, Toqto'a (lead editor), History of Song

Fēi dàxǐ, yǔ qí xià yuē: “Zhídǐ Huánglóngfǔ, yǔ zhūjūn tòngyǐn ěr!” [Pinyin]

Yue Fei became very delighted and said to his subordinates, "We will attack to Huanglong Prefecture (an important city of the Jurchen Empire) directly, and then let's drink our fill there!"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhídǎohuánglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ dou² wong⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhídǎohuánglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhdǎohuánglóng
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-tao³-huang²-lung²
    • Yale: jŕ-dǎu-hwáng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrdaohwanglong
    • Palladius: чжидаохуанлун (čžidaoxuanlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ dou² wong⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: jihk dóu wòhng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ dou² wong⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ dou² wong⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² tou̯³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

直搗黃龍

1. to attack the enemy's headquarters or lair directly