佛口蛇心

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	snake; serpent	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (佛口蛇心)		佛	口	蛇	心
Literally: “mouth (or words) of a Buddha, heart of a snake”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fókǒushéxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ hau² se⁴ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fókǒushéxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fókǒushésin
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-kʻou³-shê²-hsin¹
    • Yale: fwó-kǒu-shé-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forkooushershin
    • Palladius: фокоушэсинь (fokoušɛsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ hau² se⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: faht háu sèh sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ hau² se⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ heo² sé⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² hɐu̯³⁵ sɛː²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

佛口蛇心

1. to speak with benevolence and mercy but be vicious and malicious in reality

Synonyms

• 人面獸心／人面兽心 (rénmiànshòuxīn)