扼喉撫背

See also: 扼喉抚背

Chinese

		hold (strategic position)	throat; larynx	to comfort; touch gently with hand	learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder
trad. (扼喉撫背)		扼	喉	撫	背
simp. (扼喉抚背)		扼	喉	抚	背
Literally: “to strangle the front and press the back”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èhóufǔbèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄏㄡˊ ㄈㄨˇ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aak¹ hau⁴ fu² bui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èhóufǔbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄏㄡˊ ㄈㄨˇ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èhóufǔbèi
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-hou²-fu³-pei⁴
    • Yale: è-hóu-fǔ-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehhourfuubey
    • Palladius: эхоуфубэй (exoufubɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ xoʊ̯³⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aak¹ hau⁴ fu² bui³
    • Yale: āak hàuh fú bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aak⁷ hau⁴ fu² bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ag¹ heo⁴ fu² bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːk̚⁵ hɐu̯²¹ fuː³⁵ puːi̯³³/

Idiom

扼喉撫背

1. to hold the best strategic positions which will render the enemy helpless; to occupy all military key points