毒蛇猛獸

Chinese

		venomous snake, viper	beast of prey; savage beast
trad. (毒蛇猛獸)		毒蛇	猛獸
simp. (毒蛇猛兽)		毒蛇	猛兽

Etymology

From the Three Principles of the People by Sun Yat-sen. [1924-09-03].

在太古時代，人食獸，獸亦食人，彼此相競爭，遍地都是毒蛇猛獸，人類的四周都是禍害，所以人類要圖生存，便要去奮鬥。 [MSC, trad.]

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在太古时代，人食兽，兽亦食人，彼此相竞争，遍地都是毒蛇猛兽，人类的四周都是祸害，所以人类要图生存，便要去奋斗。 [MSC, simp.]

From: San Min Zhu yi

Zài tàigǔ shídài, rén shí shòu, shòu yì shí rén, bǐcǐ xiàng jìngzhēng, biàndì dōu shì dúshéměngshòu, rénlèi de sìzhōu dōu shì huòhài, suǒyǐ rénlèi yào tú shēngcún, biàn yào qù fèndòu. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúshéměngshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄇㄥˇ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ se⁴ maang⁵ sau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúshéměngshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄇㄥˇ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúshéměngshòu
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-shê²-mêng³-shou⁴
    • Yale: dú-shé-měng-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwushermeengshow
    • Palladius: душэмэншоу (dušɛmɛnšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ se⁴ maang⁵ sau³
    • Yale: duhk sèh máahng sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ se⁴ maang⁵ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ sé⁴ mang⁵ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² sɛː²¹ maːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³³/

Idiom

毒蛇猛獸

1. dangerous animals
2. (figurative) cruel and ferocious people