家賊難防

Chinese

		thief within a house or family; undiscovered traitor	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (家賊難防)		家賊	難	防
simp. (家贼难防)		家贼	难	防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāzéinánfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄗㄟˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ caak⁶ naan⁴ fong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāzéinánfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄗㄟˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiazéinánfáng
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-tsei²-nan²-fang²
    • Yale: jyā-dzéi-nán-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiatzeirnanfarng
    • Palladius: цзяцзэйнаньфан (czjaczɛjnanʹfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ caak⁶ naan⁴ fong⁴
    • Yale: gā chaahk nàahn fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ tsaak⁹ naan⁴ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ cag⁶ nan⁴ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚² naːn²¹ fɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom

家賊難防

1. it is difficult to guard against a thief within one's house; bad people from within are the most difficult to guard against