山不轉路轉

See also: 山不转路转

Chinese

		mountain; hill	not; no	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	road; path; way	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (山不轉路轉)		山	不	轉	路	轉
simp. (山不转路转)		山	不	转	路	转
Literally: “A mountain cannot turn, but a road can.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān bù zhuǎn lù zhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān bù zhuǎn lù zhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan bù jhuǎn lù jhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹ pu⁴ chuan³ lu⁴ chuan³
    • Yale: shān bù jwǎn lù jwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan bu joan luh joan
    • Palladius: шань бу чжуань лу чжуань (šanʹ bu čžuanʹ lu čžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

山不轉路轉

1. There's more than one way to skin a cat; There is always a workaround.