落水的鳳凰不如雞

Chinese

		to fall into the water; to go into the water	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	fenghuang; the "Chinese phoenix"; phoenix	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	fowl; chicken
trad. (落水的鳳凰不如雞/落水的鳳凰不如鷄)		落水	的	鳳凰	不如	雞/鷄
simp. (落水的凤凰不如鸡)		落水	的	凤凰	不如	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄈㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòshuěi de̊ fònghuáng bùrú ji
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-shui³ tê⁵ fêng⁴-huang² pu⁴-ju² chi¹
    • Yale: lwò-shwěi de fèng-hwáng bù-rú jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohshoei .de fenqhwang buru ji
    • Palladius: лошуй дэ фэнхуан бужу цзи (lošuj dɛ fɛnxuan bužu czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Proverb

落水的鳳凰不如雞

1. an important person that has lost their power or has become down-and-out is even more inferior than common folk.

Synonyms

• 落魄的鳳凰不如雞／落魄的凤凰不如鸡 (variant form)

See also

• 虎落平陽被犬欺／虎落平阳被犬欺 (hǔ luò píngyáng bèi quǎn qī)