蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋

Chinese

		housefly; fly; low-ranking corrupt public employee	not; no	sting (of mosquito); to ask	not have	crack; seam; to sew crack; seam; to sew; to stitch	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	egg; oval shaped
trad. (蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋)		蒼蠅	不	叮	無	縫	的	蛋
simp. (苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋)		苍蝇	不	叮	无	缝	的	蛋
Literally: “a fly does not sting a crackless egg”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄨˊ ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄨˊ ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangyi̊ng bù ding wú fòng de̊ dàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-ying⁵ pu⁴ ting¹ wu² fêng⁴ tê⁵ tan⁴
    • Yale: tsāng-ying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsang.ing bu ding wu fenq .de dann
    • Palladius: цанъин бу дин у фэн дэ дань (canʺin bu din u fɛn dɛ danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ iŋ² pu⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹ d̥ə¹ tän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngyingbùdīngwúfèngrdedàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄨˊ ㄈㄥˋㄦ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangyi̊ngbùdingwúfòngrde̊dàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-ying⁵-pu⁴-ting¹-wu²-fêng⁴-ʼrh-tê⁵-tan⁴
    • Yale: tsāng-ying-bù-dīng-wú-fèngr-de-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsang.ingbudingwufenql.dedann
    • Palladius: цанъинбудинъуфэнрдэдань (canʺinbudinʺufɛnrdɛdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ iŋ² pu⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ fɤ̃ɻ⁵¹ d̥ə¹ tän⁵¹/

Proverb

蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋

1. it takes two to tango

Synonyms

• 一個巴掌拍不響／一个巴掌拍不响 (yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng)