馬放南山

Chinese

		horse; surname	to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	south	mountain; hill
trad. (馬放南山)		馬	放	南	山
simp. (马放南山)		马	放	南	山
Literally: “to herd horses at Southern mountains (after a war)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎfàng nánshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄤˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ fong³ naam⁴ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎfàng nánshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄤˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎfàng nánshan
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-fang⁴ nan²-shan¹
    • Yale: mǎ-fàng nán-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maafanq nanshan
    • Palladius: мафан наньшань (mafan nanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ fong³ naam⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: máh fong nàahm sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ fong³ naam⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ fong³ nam⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ fɔːŋ³³ naːm²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

馬放南山

1. to enjoy peace
2. (figuratively) to be unaware of current crisises