斷袖分桃

Chinese

		cut sleeve; male homosexuality; male homosexual cut sleeve; male homosexuality; male homosexual; gay	to share peaches; male homosexuality
trad. (斷袖分桃)		斷袖	分桃
simp. (断袖分桃)		断袖	分桃
Literally: “to cut one's sleeve and share peaches”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànxiù fēntáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄣ ㄊㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànxiù fēntáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄣ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànsiòu fentáo
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-hsiu⁴ fên¹-tʻao²
    • Yale: dwàn-syòu fēn-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannshiow fentaur
    • Palladius: дуаньсю фэньтао (duanʹsju fɛnʹtao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Idiom

斷袖分桃

1. a close male homosexual relationship