廟小妖風大，池淺王八多

Chinese

		temple; monastery	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	evil wind; noxious trend	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor		pond; reservoir	shallow; sound of moving water	tortoise; turtle; cuckold	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (廟小妖風大，池淺王八多)		廟	小	妖風	大	，	池	淺	王八	多
simp. (庙小妖风大，池浅王八多)		庙	小	妖风	大	，	池	浅	王八	多

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miào xiǎo yāofēng dà, chí qiǎn wángbā duō

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄠ ㄈㄥ ㄉㄚˋ , ㄔˊ ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ ㄉㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miào xiǎo yāofēng dà, chí qiǎn wángbā duō
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄠ ㄈㄥ ㄉㄚˋ , ㄔˊ ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miào siǎo yaofong dà, chíh ciǎn wángba duo
    • Wade–Giles: miao⁴ hsiao³ yao¹-fêng¹ ta⁴, chʻih² chʻien³ wang²-pa¹ to¹
    • Yale: myàu syǎu yāu-fēng dà-, chŕ chyǎn wáng-bā dwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaw sheau iaufeng dah, chyr chean wangba duo
    • Palladius: мяо сяо яофэн да, чи цянь ванба до (mjao sjao jaofɛn da, či cjanʹ vanba do)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Proverb

廟小妖風大，池淺王八多

1. There are comparatively more bad people in a small community