眉毛鬍子一把抓

Chinese

		eyebrow	beard, moustache or whiskers; facial hair; bearded man	to take everything into one's own hands
trad. (眉毛鬍子一把抓)		眉毛	鬍子	一把抓
simp. (眉毛胡子一把抓)		眉毛	胡子	一把抓

Etymology

Literally: to try to grab eyebrows and beard at the same time

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méimáo húzi yībǎzhuā, méimao húzi yībǎzhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄚ, ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ mou⁴ wu⁴ zi² jat¹ baa² zaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méimáo húzi yībǎzhuā [Phonetic: méimáo húzi yìbǎzhuā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méimáo húzi̊h yibǎjhua
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-mao² hu²-tzŭ⁵ i¹-pa³-chua¹
    • Yale: méi-máu hú-dz yī-bǎ-jwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meimau hwu.tzy ibaajua
    • Palladius: мэймао хуцзы ибачжуа (mɛjmao xuczy ibačžua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ xu³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méimao húzi yībǎzhuā [Phonetic: méimao húzi yìbǎzhuā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méimåo húzi̊h yibǎjhua
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-mao⁵ hu²-tzŭ⁵ i¹-pa³-chua¹
    • Yale: méi-mau hú-dz yī-bǎ-jwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.mau hwu.tzy ibaajua
    • Palladius: мэймао хуцзы ибачжуа (mɛjmao xuczy ibačžua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³ xu³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ mou⁴ wu⁴ zi² jat¹ baa² zaa¹
    • Yale: mèih mòuh wùh jí yāt bá jā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ mou⁴ wu⁴ dzi² jat⁷ baa² dzaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ mou⁴ wu⁴ ji² yed¹ ba² za¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ mou̯²¹ wuː²¹ t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ paː³⁵ t͡saː⁵⁵/

Verb

眉毛鬍子一把抓

1. to try to attend to all matters at one