老奸巨猾

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	traitor	very large; huge; tremendous very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic	sly
trad. (老奸巨猾/老姦巨猾)		老	奸/姦	巨	猾
simp. (老奸巨猾)		老	奸	巨	猾
alternative forms		老奸巨滑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎojiānjùhuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gaan¹ geoi⁶ waat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎojiānjùhuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎojianjyùhuá
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-chien¹-chü⁴-hua²
    • Yale: lǎu-jyān-jyù-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laojianjiuhhwa
    • Palladius: лаоцзяньцзюйхуа (laoczjanʹczjujxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ gaan¹ geoi⁶ waat⁶
    • Yale: lóuh gāan geuih waaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gaan¹ goey⁶ waat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ gan¹ gêu⁶ wad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kaːn⁵⁵ kɵy̯²² waːt̚²/

Idiom

老奸巨猾

1. to be extremely cunning and crafty; to be a wily old fox; to be an old hand at trickery and deception