縱虎歸山

Chinese

		even if; release; vertical	tiger	to go back; to return	mountain; hill
trad. (縱虎歸山)		縱	虎	歸	山
simp. (纵虎归山)		纵	虎	归	山
Literally: “to let the tiger return to the mountains”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zònghǔguīshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ fu² gwai¹ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zònghǔguīshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zònghǔgueishan
    • Wade–Giles: tsung⁴-hu³-kuei¹-shan¹
    • Yale: dzùng-hǔ-gwēi-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzonqhuugueishan
    • Palladius: цзунхугуйшань (czunxugujšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ fu² gwai¹ saan¹
    • Yale: jung fú gwāi sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ fu² gwai¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ fu² guei¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ fuː³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

Verb

縱虎歸山

1. (figurative) to let the genie out of the bottle; to store up for future calamities