虎口餘生
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]a tiger's mouth; the jaws of death | remainder of one's life; one's remaining years; survival after a disaster | ||
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trad. (虎口餘生) | 虎口 | 餘生 | |
simp. (虎口余生) | 虎口 | 余生 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hǔkǒuyúsheng
- Wade–Giles: hu3-kʻou3-yü2-shêng1
- Yale: hǔ-kǒu-yú-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huukoouyusheng
- Palladius: хукоуюйшэн (xukoujujšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu2 hau2 jyu4 sang1
- Yale: fú háu yùh sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2 hau2 jy4 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2 heo2 yu4 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ jyː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]虎口餘生
- to survive a disaster; to have a narrow escape