知難而退

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (知難而退)		知	難	而	退
simp. (知难而退)		知	难	而	退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīnán'értuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄋㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ naan⁴ ji⁴ teoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīnán'értuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄋㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihnán-értuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-nan²-êrh²-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: jr̄-nán-ér-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jynanerltuey
    • Palladius: чжинаньэртуй (čžinanʹertuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ naan⁴ ji⁴ teoi³
    • Yale: jī nàahn yìh teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ naan⁴ ji⁴ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ nan⁴ yi⁴ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ naːn²¹ jiː²¹ tʰɵy̯³³/

Idiom

知難而退

1. to retreat or shrink back in face of difficulties