避坑落井

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	pit; to defraud	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	warn; well
trad. (避坑落井)		避	坑	落	井
simp. #(避坑落井)		避	坑	落	井

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìkēngluòjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ haang¹ lok⁶ zeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìkēngluòjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìkengluòjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-kʻêng¹-lo⁴-ching³
    • Yale: bì-kēng-lwò-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihkengluohjiing
    • Palladius: бикэнлоцзин (bikɛnloczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ haang¹ lok⁶ zeng²
    • Yale: beih hāang lohk jéng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ haang¹ lok⁹ dzeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ hang¹ log⁶ zéng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² haːŋ⁵⁵ lɔːk̚² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

避坑落井

1. to dodge a pit only to fall into a well; to fend off one difficulty only to fall prey to another; out of the frying pan, into the fire