移山倒海

Chinese

		to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove	mountain; hill	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	ocean; sea
trad. (移山倒海)		移	山	倒	海
simp. #(移山倒海)		移	山	倒	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíshāndǎohǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ saan¹ dou² hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-sân-tó-hói
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): î-san-tó-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíshāndǎohǎi [Phonetic: yíshāndáohǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíshandǎohǎi
    • Wade–Giles: i²-shan¹-tao³-hai³
    • Yale: yí-shān-dǎu-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishandaohae
    • Palladius: ишаньдаохай (išanʹdaoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ saan¹ dou² hoi²
    • Yale: yìh sāan dóu hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ saan¹ dou² hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ san¹ dou² hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ saːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-sân-tó-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: iˇ san´ do` hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² san¹ do³ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ san²⁴ to³¹ hoi̯³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-sân-tó-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ san´ do` hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² san¹ do³ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ san²⁴ to³¹ hoi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-san-tó-hái
    • Tâi-lô: î-san-tó-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: isandoy'hae
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴⁻³³ to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hai⁵³/

Idiom

移山倒海

1. (literally) to move mountains and drain seas
2. (figurative) to be extraordinarily capable