背鍋俠

Chinese

			knight-errant; chivalrous; heroic
trad. (背鍋俠)		背鍋	俠
simp. (背锅侠)		背锅	侠
Literally: “knight who carries a wok on his back”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēiguōxiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēiguōxiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beiguosiá
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-kuo¹-hsia²
    • Yale: bēi-gwō-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beiguoshya
    • Palladius: бэйгося (bɛjgosja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

Noun

背鍋俠

1. (slang) scapegoat