一手遮天

Chinese

		single-handedly; all by oneself; all alone single-handedly; all by oneself; all alone; proficiency; skill	to block out the sky
trad. (一手遮天)		一手	遮天
simp. #(一手遮天)		一手	遮天
Literally: “to block out the sky with one hand (and pretend that it is not there)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshǒuzhētiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sau² ze¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshǒuzhētiān [Phonetic: yìshǒuzhētiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǒujhetian
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shou³-chê¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: yī-shǒu-jē-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishooujetian
    • Palladius: ишоучжэтянь (išoučžɛtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sau² ze¹ tin¹
    • Yale: yāt sáu jē tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sau² dze¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ seo² zé¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

一手遮天

1. to hide the truth (from the public or masses)

Synonyms

• 隻手遮天／只手遮天 (zhīshǒuzhētiān)