雁過拔毛

Chinese

		wild goose	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (雁過拔毛)		雁	過	拔	毛
simp. (雁过拔毛)		雁	过	拔	毛
Literally: “(even) a passing by goose will have its feathers pulled out”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànguò bámáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁶ gwo³ bat⁶ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànguò bámáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànguò bámáo
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-kuo⁴ pa²-mao²
    • Yale: yàn-gwò bá-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannguoh barmau
    • Palladius: яньго бамао (janʹgo bamao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ pä³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁶ gwo³ bat⁶ mou⁴
    • Yale: ngaahn gwo baht mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁶ gwo³ bat⁹ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁶ guo³ bed⁶ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²² kʷɔː³³ pɐt̚² mou̯²¹/

Idiom

雁過拔毛

1. (figuratively) to be very greedy (such that every tasks completed by that person will have some money embezzled)