兔死狐悲

Chinese

		rabbit	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	fox	sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
trad. (兔死狐悲)		兔	死	狐	悲
simp. #(兔死狐悲)		兔	死	狐	悲
Literally: “the fox grieves when the rabbit dies”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tùsǐhúbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ sei² wu⁴ bei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùsǐhúbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùsǐhhúbei
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-ssŭ³-hu²-pei¹
    • Yale: tù-sž-hú-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhsyyhwubei
    • Palladius: тусыхубэй (tusyxubɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ sei² wu⁴ bei¹
    • Yale: tou séi wùh bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ sei² wu⁴ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ séi² wu⁴ béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ sei̯³⁵ wuː²¹ pei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

兔死狐悲

1. (figurative) to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

Synonyms

• 兔死狐悲，物傷其類／兔死狐悲，物伤其类 (tùsǐhúbēi, wùshāngqílèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (兔死狐悲):

• → Korean: 토사호비(兎死狐悲) (tosahobi)

Others:

• → Japanese: 兎死(うさぎし)すれば狐(きつね)これを悲(かな)しむ (usagi shisureba kitsune kore o kanashimu) (calque)