手心手背都是肉

Chinese

		hollow of one's palm; influence; sphere of control	back of the hand	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	be; yes; this	meat; flesh
trad. (手心手背都是肉)		手心	手背	都	是	肉
simp. #(手心手背都是肉)		手心	手背	都	是	肉
Literally: “Both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuxīn shǒubèi dōu shì ròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄉㄡ ㄕˋ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² sam¹ sau² bui³ dou¹ si⁶ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuxīn shǒubèi dōu shì ròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄉㄡ ㄕˋ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒusin shǒubèi dou shìh ròu
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-hsin¹ shou³-pei⁴ tou¹ shih⁴ jou⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-syīn shǒu-bèi dōu shr̀ ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushin shooubey dou shyh row
    • Palladius: шоусинь шоубэй доу ши жоу (šousinʹ šoubɛj dou ši žou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² sam¹ sau² bui³ dou¹ si⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: sáu sām sáu bui dōu sih yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sam¹ sau² bui³ dou¹ si⁶ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² sem¹ seo² bui³ dou¹ xi⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ puːi̯³³ tou̯⁵⁵ siː²² jʊk̚²/

Idiom

手心手背都是肉

1. cannot choose between one or the other because you are fond of both