涸轍之鮒

Chinese

		to dry; to dry up	rut; track; to remove rut; track; to remove; to withdraw	's; him/her/it; this	silver carp
trad. (涸轍之鮒)		涸	轍	之	鮒
simp. (涸辙之鲋)		涸	辙	之	鲋
Literally: “a carp trapped in a dry rut”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézhézhīfù, héchèzhīfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄜˊ ㄓ ㄈㄨˋ, ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄓ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kok³ cit³ zi¹ fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézhézhīfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄜˊ ㄓ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héjhéjhihfù
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chê²-chih¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: hé-jé-jr̄-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjerjyfuh
    • Palladius: хэчжэчжифу (xɛčžɛčžifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héchèzhīfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄜˋ ㄓ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héchèjhihfù
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chʻê⁴-chih¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: hé-chè-jr̄-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herchehjyfuh
    • Palladius: хэчэчжифу (xɛčɛčžifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kok³ cit³ zi¹ fu⁶
    • Yale: kok chit jī fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kok⁸ tsit⁸ dzi¹ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kog³ qid³ ji¹ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːk̚³ t͡sʰiːt̚³ t͡siː⁵⁵ fuː²²/

Idiom

涸轍之鮒

1. (figurative) a person in a desperate situation; a person in a tight spot

Synonyms

• 涸轍之魚／涸辙之鱼
• 涸轍枯魚／涸辙枯鱼
• 涸轍窮魚／涸辙穷鱼
• 涸轍之枯／涸辙之枯
• 涸轍窮鱗／涸辙穷鳞