金蟬脫殼

Chinese

		golden cicada; pupa of Cryptotympana atrata	to cast the shell; to unpack
trad. (金蟬脫殼/金蟬脱殼)		金蟬	脫殼/脱殼
simp. (金蝉脱壳)		金蝉	脱壳
alternative forms		脫殼金蟬／脱壳金蝉
Literally: “like a cicada coming out of its shed skin”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnchántuōqiào, jīnchántuōké

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄠˋ, ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄎㄜˊ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ siam⁵ tug⁴ kag⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland standard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnchántuōqiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinchántuociào
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-chʻan²-tʻo¹-chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: jīn-chán-twō-chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jincharntuochiaw
    • Palladius: цзиньчаньтоцяо (czinʹčanʹtocjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan standard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnchántuōké
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄎㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinchántuoké
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-chʻan²-tʻo¹-kʻo²
    • Yale: jīn-chán-twō-ké
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jincharntuoker
    • Palladius: цзиньчаньтокэ (czinʹčanʹtokɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰɤ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim¹ siam⁵ tug⁴ kag⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim siâm thuk khâk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ siam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰuk̚²⁻⁴ kʰak⁵⁵/

Idiom

金蟬脫殼

1. to be able to escape from a (normally sticky) situation without other pertinent parties noticing it

   Antonym: 老樹盤根／老树盘根