虎無爪，鳥無翼

See also: 虎无爪，鸟无翼

Chinese

		tiger	not have	claw		bird	not have	wing
trad. (虎無爪，鳥無翼)		虎	無	爪	，	鳥	無	翼
simp. (虎无爪，鸟无翼)		虎	无	爪	，	鸟	无	翼
Literally: “a tiger without claws, a bird without wings”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔ wú zhuǎ, niǎo wú yì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ , ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ wú zhuǎ, niǎo wú yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ , ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ wú jhuǎ, niǎo wú yì
    • Wade–Giles: hu³ wu² chua³, niao³ wu² i⁴
    • Yale: hǔ wú jwǎ-, nyǎu wú yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu wu joa, neau wu yih
    • Palladius: ху у чжуа, няо у и (xu u čžua, njao u i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵¹/

Idiom

虎無爪，鳥無翼

1. a useless individual