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放虎歸山
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to release; to free; to let go
to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
tiger
to go back; to return
mountain; hill
trad.
(
放虎歸山
)
放
虎
歸
山
simp.
(
放虎归山
)
放
虎
归
山
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
fànghǔguīshān
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
fong
3
fu
2
gwai
1
saan
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
fànghǔguīshān
Zhuyin
:
ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄕㄢ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
fànghǔgueishan
Wade–Giles
:
fang
4
-hu
3
-kuei
1
-shan
1
Yale
:
fàng-hǔ-gwēi-shān
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
fanqhuugueishan
Palladius
:
фанхугуйшань
(fanxugujšanʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/fɑŋ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
fong
3
fu
2
gwai
1
saan
1
Yale
:
fong fú gw
ā
i s
ā
an
Cantonese Pinyin
:
fong
3
fu
2
gwai
1
saan
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
fong
3
fu
2
guei
1
san
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/fɔːŋ³³ fuː³⁵ kʷɐi̯
⁵⁵
saːn
⁵⁵
/
Idiom
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放虎歸山
to
set free
an
enemy
or a
bad
person
which
leads
to
future
disasters