勢單力薄

Chinese

		power; force; tendency power; force; tendency; conditions; influence	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	power; force; strength	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (勢單力薄)		勢	單	力	薄
simp. (势单力薄)		势	单	力	薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìdānlìbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄢ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ daan¹ lik⁶ bok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdānlìbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄢ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdanlìbó
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tan¹-li⁴-po²
    • Yale: shr̀-dān-lì-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdanlihbor
    • Palladius: шиданьлибо (šidanʹlibo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ li⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ daan¹ lik⁶ bok⁶
    • Yale: sai dāan lihk bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ daan¹ lik⁹ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ dan¹ lig⁶ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ taːn⁵⁵ lɪk̚² pɔːk̚²/

Idiom

勢單力薄

1. (of a force or a group) to be small in size and of weak strength