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尾大不掉
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Chinese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Idiom
Chinese
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tail
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
not; no
to drop; to fall
simp.
and
trad.
(
尾大不掉
)
尾
大
不
掉
Etymology
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From
Zuo Zhuan
:
末大必折
,
尾大不掉
,
君
所
知
也
。
[
Classical Chinese
,
trad.
and
simp.
]
From:
Commentary of Zuo
,
c.
4
th
century
BCE
Mòdàbìzhé,
wěidàbùdiào
, jūn suǒ zhī yě.
[Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
wěidàbùdiào
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
mei
5
daai
6
bat
1
diu
6
Southern Min
(
Teochew
,
Peng'im
)
:
bhuê
2
dai
6
bug
4
diao
7
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
wěidàbùdiào
[Phonetic: wěidà
bú
diào]
Zhuyin
:
ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
wěidàbùdiào
Wade–Giles
:
wei
3
-ta
4
-pu
4
-tiao
4
Yale
:
wěi-dà-bù-dyàu
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
woeidahbudiaw
Palladius
:
вэйдабудяо
(vɛjdabudjao)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
mei
5
daai
6
bat
1
diu
6
Yale
:
méih daaih b
ā
t diuh
Cantonese Pinyin
:
mei
5
daai
6
bat
7
diu
6
Guangdong Romanization
:
méi
5
dai
6
bed
1
diu
6
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/mei̯¹³ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/
Southern Min
(
Teochew
)
Peng'im
:
bhuê
2
dai
6
bug
4
diao
7
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
-like
:
bué tăi puk tiāu
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/bue⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tiau¹¹/
Idiom
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尾大不掉
a
subordinate
becomes too
powerful
for their
superior
to
control