蹬鼻子上臉

Chinese

		step into (as tight shoe)	nose; nasal mucus; snot	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	face
trad. (蹬鼻子上臉)		蹬	鼻子	上	臉
simp. (蹬鼻子上脸)		蹬	鼻子	上	脸
alternative forms		登鼻子上臉／登鼻子上脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēng bízi shàng liǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄅㄧˊ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ bei⁶ zi² soeng⁵ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēng bízi shàng liǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄅㄧˊ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: deng bízi̊h shàng liǎn
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹ pi²-tzŭ⁵ shang⁴ lien³
    • Yale: dēng bí-dz shàng lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deng byi.tzy shanq lean
    • Palladius: дэн бицзы шан лянь (dɛn biczy šan ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ pi³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang¹ bei⁶ zi² soeng⁵ lim⁵
    • Yale: dāng beih jí séuhng líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ bei⁶ dzi² soeng⁵ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ béi⁶ ji² sêng⁵ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ pei̯²² t͡siː³⁵ sœːŋ¹³ liːm¹³/

Idiom

蹬鼻子上臉

1. (figurative) to go too far (by taking a mile after being given an inch)