遠走高飛

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	to soar; to fly high; to escape to somewhere far away
trad. (遠走高飛)		遠	走	高飛
simp. (远走高飞)		远	走	高飞
Literally: “to run far away like a beast and fly high like a bird”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuǎnzǒugāofēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄠ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ zau² gou¹ fei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-chó͘-ko-hui / oán-cháu-ko-hui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnzǒugāofēi [Phonetic: yuánzǒugāofēi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄠ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnzǒugaofei
    • Wade–Giles: yüan³-tsou³-kao¹-fei¹
    • Yale: ywǎn-dzǒu-gāu-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuantzoougaufei
    • Palladius: юаньцзоугаофэй (juanʹczougaofɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ zau² gou¹ fei¹
    • Yale: yúhn jáu gōu fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ dzau² gou¹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ zeo² gou¹ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-chó͘-ko-hui
    • Tâi-lô: uán-tsóo-ko-hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnzofkoi'huy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-cháu-ko-hui
    • Tâi-lô: uán-tsáu-ko-hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnzaw'koi'huy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/

Idiom

遠走高飛

1. to leave somewhere for a very faraway place (in order to escape)
   • 1989, Cui Jian (lyrics and music), “假行僧 [Fake Monk]”, in 新長征路上的搖滾 [Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March], performed by Cui Jian:

     要愛上我你就別怕後悔　總有一天我要遠走高飛　我不想留在一個地方　也不願有人跟隨 [MSC, trad.]
     要爱上我你就别怕后悔　总有一天我要远走高飞　我不想留在一个地方　也不愿有人跟随 [MSC, simp.]

     Yào àishàng wǒ nǐ jiù biépà hòuhuǐ, Zǒng yǒu yītiān wǒ yào yuǎnzǒugāofēi, Wǒ bùxiǎng liú zài yīge dìfang, Yě bùyuàn yǒurén gēnsuí [Pinyin]

     Don't be afraid of being regretful if you fall in love with me / I'll leave here for very faraway places one fine day / I'm unwilling to stay at one place / I'm unwilling to be followed by anyone too

   • 2011, Chan Ya-wen (lyrics and music), “欠情歌”, in 山伯英台‎^[1], performed by Chan Ya-wen:

     遠走高飛趕向前途　委屈要躲躲無路 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     远走高飞赶向前途　委屈要躲躲无路 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     oán-cháu-ko-hui kóaⁿ hiòng chiân-tô͘, úi-khut beh bih bih bô-lō͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     [I] leave for a very faraway place, rushing towards prospects; [I] feel aggrieved, want to hide, but there's no way to hide

Synonyms

• 高飛遠走／高飞远走
• 高飛遠遁／高飞远遁
• 高飛遠集／高飞远集