急流勇退

Chinese

		rapid stream; rapid; torrent
trad. (急流勇退)		急流	勇退
simp. #(急流勇退)		急流	勇退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíliúyǒngtuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gap¹ lau⁴ jung⁵ teoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíliúyǒngtuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jílióuyǒngtuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-liu²-yung³-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: jí-lyóu-yǔng-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiliouyeongtuey
    • Palladius: цзилююнтуй (cziljujuntuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gap¹ lau⁴ jung⁵ teoi³
    • Yale: gāp làuh yúhng teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gap⁷ lau⁴ jung⁵ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geb¹ leo⁴ yung⁵ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐp̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ jʊŋ¹³ tʰɵy̯³³/

Idiom

急流勇退

1. withdrawing (receding, drawing back) while ahead (often so as to avoid disaster, etc.)

   山口百惠的急流勇退 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Shānkǒu Bǎihuì de jíliúyǒngtuì [Pinyin]

   Momoe Yamaguchi's retirement at the height of her career