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防不勝防
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防不胜防
Chinese
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to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
to
not
win
; to
lose
; to be not
up to
to
not
win
; to
lose
; to be not
up to
; to be unable to
bear
to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad.
(
防不勝防
)
防
不勝
防
simp.
(
防不胜防
)
防
不胜
防
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
fángbùshèngfáng
,
fángbùshēngfáng
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ, ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄤˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
fong
4
bat
1
sing
1
fong
4
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
hông-put-sèng-hông
(
Teochew
,
Peng'im
)
:
huang
5
bug
4
sêng
3
huang
5
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
, standard in
Mainland
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
fángbùshèngfáng
[Phonetic: fáng
bú
shèngfáng]
Zhuyin
:
ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
fángbùshèngfáng
Wade–Giles
:
fang
2
-pu
4
-shêng
4
-fang
2
Yale
:
fáng-bù-shèng-fáng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
farngbushenqfarng
Palladius
:
фанбушэнфан
(fanbušɛnfan)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/fɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
(
Standard Chinese
, standard in
Taiwan
; variant in
Mainland
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
fángbùshēngfáng
Zhuyin
:
ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄤˊ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
fángbùshengfáng
Wade–Giles
:
fang
2
-pu
4
-shêng
1
-fang
2
Yale
:
fáng-bù-shēng-fáng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
farngbushengfarng
Palladius
:
фанбушэнфан
(fanbušɛnfan)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/fɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
fong
4
bat
1
sing
1
fong
4
Yale
:
fòhng b
ā
t s
ī
ng fòhng
Cantonese Pinyin
:
fong
4
bat
7
sing
1
fong
4
Guangdong Romanization
:
fong
4
bed
1
xing
1
fong
4
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/fɔːŋ
²¹
pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ
⁵⁵
fɔːŋ
²¹
/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
hông-put-sèng-hông
Tâi-lô
:
hông-put-sìng-hông
Phofsit Daibuun
:
hongputseanghoong
IPA
(
Xiamen
)
:
/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/
IPA
(
Quanzhou
)
:
/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
IPA
(
Zhangzhou
)
:
/hɔŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ¹³/
IPA
(
Taipei
)
:
/hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/
IPA
(
Kaohsiung
)
:
/hɔŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ²³/
(
Teochew
)
Peng'im
:
huang
5
bug
4
sêng
3
huang
5
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
-like
:
huâng puk sèng huâng
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huaŋ⁵⁵/
Idiom
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防不勝防
the
utmost
care
could not
prevent
it from
happening
; to be
impossible
to
defend
effectively