如釋重負

Chinese

		as (if); such as	explain; to release	heavy burden; weight
trad. (如釋重負)		如	釋	重負
simp. (如释重负)		如	释	重负

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúshìzhòngfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ sik¹ cung⁵ fu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lû-sek-tiōng-hū / jû-sek-tiōng-hū / jî-sek-tiōng-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúshìzhòngfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúshìhjhòngfù
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-shih⁴-chung⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: rú-shr̀-jùng-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rushyhjonqfuh
    • Palladius: жушичжунфу (žušičžunfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ sik¹ cung⁵ fu⁶
    • Yale: yùh sīk chúhng fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ sik⁷ tsung⁵ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ xig¹ cung⁵ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ¹³ fuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-sek-tiōng-hū
    • Tâi-lô: lû-sik-tiōng-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lusekdioxnghu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-sek-tiōng-hū
    • Tâi-lô: jû-sik-tiōng-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jusekdioxnghu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-sek-tiōng-hū
    • Tâi-lô: jî-sik-tiōng-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jisekdioxnghu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hu³³/

Idiom

如釋重負

1. to feel as if a weight has been lifted from one’s shoulders