不瘟不火

Chinese

		not; no	epidemic; pestilence; plague	not; no	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (不瘟不火)		不	瘟	不	火
simp. #(不瘟不火)		不	瘟	不	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùwēnbùhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùwēnbùhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùwunbùhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wên¹-pu⁴-huo³
    • Yale: bù-wēn-bù-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buuenbuhuoo
    • Palladius: бувэньбухо (buvɛnʹbuxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ wən⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

不瘟不火

1. (of a performance) neither dull nor overpowering; just right