鳥盡弓藏

See also: 鸟尽弓藏

Chinese

		bird	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	a bow (weapon)	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
trad. (鳥盡弓藏)		鳥	盡	弓	藏
simp. (鸟尽弓藏)		鸟	尽	弓	藏

Etymology

The birds are over, the bow is put away

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎojìngōngcáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄘㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ zeon⁶ gung¹ cong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎojìngōngcáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄘㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎojìngongcáng
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-chin⁴-kung¹-tsʻang²
    • Yale: nyǎu-jìn-gūng-tsáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neaujinngongtsarng
    • Palladius: няоцзиньгунцан (njaoczinʹguncan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ zeon⁶ gung¹ cong⁴
    • Yale: níuh jeuhn gūng chòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ dzoen⁶ gung¹ tsong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ zên⁶ gung¹ cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ t͡sɵn²² kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/

Proverb

鳥盡弓藏

1. to cast somebody or something aside when the purpose has been served