鸞翔鳳翥

Chinese

		(mythical bird); imperial	soar	male fenghuang	soar
trad. (鸞翔鳳翥)		鸞	翔	鳳	翥
simp. (鸾翔凤翥)		鸾	翔	凤	翥
Literally: “firebirds soar, phoenixes soar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luánxiáng fèngzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁴ coeng⁴ fung⁶ zyu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luánxiáng fèngzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luánsiáng fòngjhù
    • Wade–Giles: luan²-hsiang² fêng⁴-chu⁴
    • Yale: lwán-syáng fèng-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luanshyang fenqjuh
    • Palladius: луаньсян фэнчжу (luanʹsjan fɛnčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁴ coeng⁴ fung⁶ zyu³
    • Yale: lyùhn chèuhng fuhng jyu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴ tsoeng⁴ fung⁶ dzy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴ cêng⁴ fung⁶ ju³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ fʊŋ²² t͡syː³³/

Idiom

鸞翔鳳翥

1. (figurative) flamboyant calligraphy; free and powerful strokes

   • 鸞翔鳳翥眾仙下，珊瑚碧樹交枝柯。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     鸾翔凤翥众仙下，珊瑚碧树交枝柯。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 811, Han Yu (韓愈),《石鼓歌》, translated by Lin Tongqi (born in 1923)

     Luánxiángfèngzhù zhòngxiān xià, shānhú bìshù jiāo zhīkē. [Pinyin]

     Like phoenix walzing, argus wheeling,
     A host of fairies fast descending,
     Coral and jade trees with their branches entwining.