蜂目豺聲

Chinese

		bee; wasp	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	dhole	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (蜂目豺聲)		蜂	目	豺	聲
simp. (蜂目豺声)		蜂	目	豺	声
Literally: “with the eyes of a bee and the voice of a dhole”.

Etymology

From Zuozhuan:

蜂目而豺聲，忍人也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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蜂目而豺声，忍人也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Fēng mù ér chái shēng, rěn rén yě. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngmùcháishēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄇㄨˋ ㄔㄞˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ muk⁶ caai⁴ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngmùcháishēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄇㄨˋ ㄔㄞˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongmùcháisheng
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-mu⁴-chʻai²-shêng¹
    • Yale: fēng-mù-chái-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengmuhchairsheng
    • Palladius: фэнмучайшэн (fɛnmučajšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ muk⁶ caai⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: fūng muhk chàaih sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ muk⁹ tsaai⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ mug⁶ cai⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ mʊk̚² t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

蜂目豺聲

1. having a fierce appearance and a frightening voice; ferocious