躲過初一，躲不過十五

Chinese

		avoid; get out of way; to hide avoid; get out of way; to hide; to go into hiding	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	first day of a lunar month; first year in junior middle school; seventh grade		avoid; get out of way; to hide avoid; get out of way; to hide; to go into hiding	not; no	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	fifteen; 15
trad. (躲過初一，躲不過十五)		躲	過	初一	，	躲	不	過	十五
simp. (躲过初一，躲不过十五)		躲	过	初一	，	躲	不	过	十五

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǒ guò chūyī, duǒ bù guò shíwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨ ㄧ , ㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǒ guò chūyī, duǒ bù guò shíwǔ [Phonetic: duǒ guò chūyī, duǒ bú guò shíwǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨ ㄧ , ㄉㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǒ guò chuyi, duǒ bù guò shíhwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: to³ kuo⁴ chʻu¹-i¹, to³ pu⁴ kuo⁴ shih²-wu³
    • Yale: dwǒ gwò chū-yī-, dwǒ bù gwò shŕ-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoo guoh chui, duoo bu guoh shyrwuu
    • Palladius: до го чуи, до бу го шиу (do go čui, do bu go šiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ i⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

躲過初一，躲不過十五

1. One can avoid something for a short while but not forever