按下葫蘆浮起瓢

Chinese

		to press (with the hand); to push; to control to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water	to float	to rise; to raise; to get up	dipper; ladle
trad. (按下葫蘆浮起瓢)		按	下	葫蘆	浮	起	瓢
simp. (按下葫芦浮起瓢)		按	下	葫芦	浮	起	瓢
Literally: “hardly has one gourd been pushed under water when another bobs up”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àn xià húlu fú qǐ piáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ ㄈㄨˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄆㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on³ haa⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴ fau⁴ hei² piu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àn xià húlu fú qǐ piáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ ㄈㄨˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄆㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àn sià húlů fú cǐ piáo
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴ hsia⁴ hu²-lu⁵ fu² chʻi³ pʻiao²
    • Yale: àn syà hú-lu fú chǐ pyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann shiah hwu.lu fwu chii pyau
    • Palladius: ань ся хулу фу ци пяо (anʹ sja xulu fu ci pjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xu³⁵ lu³ fu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on³ haa⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴ fau⁴ hei² piu⁴
    • Yale: on hah wùh lòuh fàuh héi pìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on³ haa⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴ fau⁴ hei² piu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: on³ ha⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴ feo⁴ héi² piu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn³³ haː²² wuː²¹ lou̯²¹ fɐu̯²¹ hei̯³⁵ pʰiːu̯²¹/

Idiom

按下葫蘆浮起瓢

1. to solve one problem only to find another cropping up

Synonyms

• 按倒葫蘆瓢起來／按倒葫芦瓢起来 (àn dǎo húlu piáo qǐlái)