插翅難飛

See also: 插翅难飞

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	wing	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to fly
trad. (插翅難飛)		插	翅	難	飛
simp. (插翅难飞)		插	翅	难	飞
Literally: “even with wings it would be difficult to fly away”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāchìnánfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ ci³ naan⁴ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāchìnánfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chachìhnánfei
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-chʻih⁴-nan²-fei¹
    • Yale: chā-chr̀-nán-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chachyhnanfei
    • Palladius: чачинаньфэй (čačinanʹfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ nän³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caap³ ci³ naan⁴ fei¹
    • Yale: chaap chi nàahn fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ tsi³ naan⁴ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cab³ qi³ nan⁴ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ t͡sʰiː³³ naːn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

插翅難飛

1. unable to escape

Synonyms

• 插翅難逃／插翅难逃 (chāchìnántáo)