太歲頭上動土

See also: 太岁头上动土

Chinese

			top of the head; crown; overhead top of the head; crown; overhead; above	to break ground; to start building
trad. (太歲頭上動土)		太歲	頭上	動土
simp. (太岁头上动土)		太岁	头上	动土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàisuì tóushàng dòngtǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ seoi³ tau⁴ soeng⁶ dung⁶ tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàisuì tóushàng dòngtǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàisuèi tóushàng dòngtǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-sui⁴ tʻou²-shang⁴ tung⁴-tʻu³
    • Yale: tài-swèi tóu-shàng dùng-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taysuey tourshanq donqtuu
    • Palladius: тайсуй тоушан дунту (tajsuj toušan duntu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ seoi³ tau⁴ soeng⁶ dung⁶ tou²
    • Yale: taai seui tàuh seuhng duhng tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ soey³ tau⁴ soeng⁶ dung⁶ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ sêu³ teo⁴ sêng⁶ dung⁶ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ sɵy̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹ sœːŋ²² tʊŋ²² tʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

太歲頭上動土

1. to beard the lion; to offend or provoke the most powerful; to provoke somebody far superior in power or strength

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 老虎頭上釘蝨乸／老虎头上钉虱乸
• (Hakka) 老虎頭上捉蝨嫲／老虎头上捉虱嫲