來龍去脈

See also: 来龙去脉

Chinese


trad. (來龍去脈)		來龍	去脈
simp. (来龙去脉)		来龙	去脉

Etymology

In fengshui terminology, 龍脈／龙脉 (lóngmài) refers to a stretch of rolling hills, the start and end points of which are termed 來龍／来龙 and 去脈／去脉, respectively.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láilóngqùmài, láilóngqùmò

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄇㄞˋ, ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ lung⁴ heoi³ mak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láilóngqùmài
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láilóngcyùmài
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-lung²-chʻü⁴-mai⁴
  - Yale: lái-lúng-chyù-mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lailongchiuhmay
  - Palladius: лайлунцюймай (lajluncjujmaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láilóngqùmò
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láilóngcyùmò
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-lung²-chʻü⁴-mo⁴
  - Yale: lái-lúng-chyù-mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lailongchiuhmoh
  - Palladius: лайлунцюймо (lajluncjujmo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ lung⁴ heoi³ mak⁶
  - Yale: lòih lùhng heui mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ lung⁴ hoey³ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ lung⁴ hêu³ meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹ hɵy̯³³ mɐk̚²/

Idiom

來龍去脈

(figurative) origin and development; the entire process; sequence of events; ins and outs

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 頭底來尾底去／头底来尾底去