捅馬蜂窩

Chinese

		poke through	nest of hornets or wasps; difficult or unpleasant person or situation; hornets' nest
trad. (捅馬蜂窩)		捅	馬蜂窩
simp. (捅马蜂窝)		捅	马蜂窝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǒng mǎfēngwō

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ ㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǒng mǎfēngwō [Phonetic: tóngmǎfēngwō]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ ㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǒng mǎfongwo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung³ ma³-fêng¹-wo¹
    • Yale: tǔng mǎ-fēng-wō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toong maafenguo
    • Palladius: тун мафэнво (tun mafɛnvo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ wɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹
    • Yale: túng máh fūng wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung² ma⁵ fung¹ wo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ maː¹³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ wɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

捅馬蜂窩

1. (literally and figuratively) to stir up a hornets' nest