龍生龍，鳳生鳳，老鼠的兒子會打洞

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	dragon; imperial; surname		male fenghuang	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	male fenghuang		mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	son; man	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting	to drill a hole; to punch a hole; to dig a hole
trad. (龍生龍，鳳生鳳，老鼠的兒子會打洞)		龍	生	龍	，	鳳	生	鳳	，	老鼠	的	兒子	會	打洞
simp. (龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠的儿子会打洞)		龙	生	龙	，	凤	生	凤	，	老鼠	的	儿子	会	打洞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng shēng lóng, fèng shēng fèng, lǎoshǔ de érzi huì dǎ dòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ , ㄈㄥˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄥˋ , ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄦˊ ˙ㄗ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng shēng lóng, fèng shēng fèng, lǎoshǔ de érzi huì dǎ dòng [Phonetic: lóngshēnglóng,fèngshēngfèng,láoshǔdeérzihuìdǎdòng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄥ ㄌㄨㄥˊ , ㄈㄥˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄥˋ , ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄦˊ ˙ㄗ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng sheng lóng, fòng sheng fòng, lǎoshǔ de̊ érzi̊h huèi dǎ dòng
    • Wade–Giles: lung² shêng¹ lung², fêng⁴ shêng¹ fêng⁴, lao³-shu³ tê⁵ êrh²-tzŭ⁵ hui⁴ ta³ tung⁴
    • Yale: lúng shēng lúng-, fèng shēng fèng-, lǎu-shǔ de ér-dz hwèi dǎ dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long sheng long, fenq sheng fenq, laoshuu .de erl.tzy huey daa donq
    • Palladius: лун шэн лун, фэн шэн фэн, лаошу дэ эрцзы хуэй да дун (lun šɛn lun, fɛn šɛn fɛn, laošu dɛ erczy xuej da dun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ ˀɤɻ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/

Proverb

龍生龍，鳳生鳳，老鼠的兒子會打洞

1. (of behavior, etc) like father, like son