英雄難過美人關

See also: 英雄难过美人关

Chinese

		hero; heroic	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	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-	beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady; royal consort	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (英雄難過美人關)		英雄	難	過	美人	關
simp. (英雄难过美人关)		英雄	难	过	美人	关
Literally: “A brave hero will find it difficult to get past an outpost occupied by a beautiful woman.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīngxióng nán guò měirén guān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngxióng nán guò měirén guān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingsyóng nán guò měirén guan
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-hsiung² nan² kuo⁴ mei³-jên² kuan¹
    • Yale: yīng-syúng nán gwò měi-rén gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingshyong nan guoh meeiren guan
    • Palladius: инсюн нань го мэйжэнь гуань (insjun nanʹ go mɛjžɛnʹ guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ nän³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/

Proverb

英雄難過美人關

1. Even the strongest warrior can be seduced by a beautiful woman.