飛象過河

Chinese

		to fly	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	river
trad. (飛象過河)		飛	象	過	河
simp. (飞象过河)		飞	象	过	河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēixiàngguòhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ zoeng⁶ gwo³ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēixiàngguòhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feisiàngguòhé
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-hsiang⁴-kuo⁴-ho²
    • Yale: fēi-syàng-gwò-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feishianqguohher
    • Palladius: фэйсянгохэ (fɛjsjangoxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ zoeng⁶ gwo³ ho⁴
    • Yale: fēi jeuhng gwo hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ dzoeng⁶ gwo³ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ zêng⁶ guo³ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²² kʷɔː³³ hɔː²¹/

Idiom

飛象過河

1. (xiangqi) to move one's elephant across the river (a move that is against the rules of xiangqi)
2. (xiehouyu) to be unreasonable
3. (Cantonese) to get food from the far side of a dish

Related terms

• 事急馬行田／事急马行田 (shì jí mǎ xíng tián)