調虎離山

Chinese

	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer	tiger	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	mountain; hill
trad. (調虎離山)	調	虎	離	山
simp. (调虎离山)	调	虎	离	山
Literally: “to move the tiger away from the mountain”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diàohǔlíshān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ fu² lei⁴ saan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu-hó͘-lî-san / tiàu-hó͘-lī-san / tiàu-hó͘-lî-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diàohǔlíshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diàohǔlíshan
  - Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-hu³-li²-shan¹
  - Yale: dyàu-hǔ-lí-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawhuulishan
  - Palladius: дяохулишань (djaoxulišanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: diu⁶ fu² lei⁴ saan¹
  - Yale: diuh fú lèih sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ fu² lei⁴ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ fu² léi⁴ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² fuː³⁵ lei̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-hó͘-lî-san
  - Tâi-lô: tiāu-hóo-lî-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diauxhoflisafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu-hó͘-lī-san
  - Tâi-lô: tiàu-hóo-lī-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diao'hoflixsafn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻²¹ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu-hó͘-lî-san
  - Tâi-lô: tiàu-hóo-lî-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diao'hoflisafn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/

Idiom

調虎離山

to lure an opponent out; to get rid of an opponent or a problem to achieve one's goal