鼻哥窿擔遮——避無可避
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See also: 鼻哥窿担遮——避无可避
Chinese
[edit]nostril | to carry an umbrella; to hold up an umbrella | to have nowhere to hide; inevitable; unavoidable | |||
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trad. (鼻哥窿擔遮——避無可避) | 鼻哥窿 | 擔遮 | —— | 避無可避 | |
simp. (鼻哥窿担遮——避无可避) | 鼻哥窿 | 担遮 | —— | 避无可避 | |
Literally: “the nostril holds an umbrella—to have nowhere to hide”. |
Etymology
[edit]避無可避/避无可避 (“to have nowhere to hide”) is homophonous to 鼻毛可避 (“nose hairs can hide”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bei6 go1 lung4-1 daam1 ze1, bei6 mou4 ho2 bei6
- Yale: beih gō lūng dāam jē, beih mòuh hó beih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei6 go1 lung4-1 daam1 dze1, bei6 mou4 ho2 bei6
- Guangdong Romanization: béi6 go1 lung4-1 dam1 zé1, béi6 mou4 ho2 béi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pei̯²² kɔː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵ taːm⁵⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ pei̯²² mou̯²¹ hɔː³⁵ pei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]鼻哥窿擔遮——避無可避
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