覆巢之下無完卵

Chinese

		to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize	nest	's; him/her/it; this	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	not have	to finish; to be over; whole to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire	ovum
trad. (覆巢之下無完卵)		覆	巢	之	下	無	完	卵
simp. (覆巢之下无完卵)		覆	巢	之	下	无	完	卵
Literally: “No eggs remain intact when the nest overturns.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ caau⁴ zi¹ haa⁶ mou⁴ jyun⁴ leon²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨˊ ㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùcháojhihsiàwúwánluǎn
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-chʻao²-chih¹-hsia⁴-wu²-wan²-luan³
    • Yale: fù-cháu-jr̄-syà-wú-wán-lwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhchaurjyshiahwuwanloan
    • Palladius: фучаочжисяуваньлуань (fučaočžisjauvanʹluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u³⁵ wän³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ caau⁴ zi¹ haa⁶ mou⁴ jyun⁴ leon²
    • Yale: fūk chàauh jī hah mòuh yùhn léun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ tsaau⁴ dzi¹ haa⁶ mou⁴ jyn⁴ loen²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ cao⁴ ji¹ ha⁶ mou⁴ yun⁴ lên²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰaːu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ haː²² mou̯²¹ jyːn²¹ lɵn³⁵/

Proverb

覆巢之下無完卵

1. No individual can escape from the calamity its group is suffering.

Synonyms

• 覆巢之下，焉有完卵 (fùcháozhīxià, yānyǒuwánluǎn)
• 覆巢之下，安有完卵 (fùcháozhīxià, 'ānyǒuwánluǎn)
• 覆巢之下，豈有完卵／覆巢之下，岂有完卵 (fùcháozhīxià, qǐyǒuwánluǎn)