順手牽羊

Chinese

		easily; without trouble; without any extra effort easily; without trouble; without any extra effort; while one is at it; in passing; at one's own convenience	lead along	caprid
trad. (順手牽羊)		順手	牽	羊
simp. (顺手牵羊)		顺手	牵	羊
Literally: “to lead away a goat in passing”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnshǒuqiānyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ sau² hin¹ joeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-chhiú-khan-iûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnshǒuqiānyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnshǒucianyáng
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-shou³-chʻien¹-yang²
    • Yale: shwùn-shǒu-chyān-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshoouchianyang
    • Palladius: шуньшоуцяньян (šunʹšoucjanʹjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ sau² hin¹ joeng⁴
    • Yale: seuhn sáu hīn yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ sau² hin¹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ seo² hin¹ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² sɐu̯³⁵ hiːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chhiú-khan-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-tshiú-khan-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnchiw'qan'viuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/

Idiom

順手牽羊

1. (figurative) to steal something under the cover of an emergency; to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

Synonyms

• 損人利己／损人利己 (sǔnrénlìjǐ)