兔死狐悲

Chinese

		rabbit	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	fox	sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
trad. (兔死狐悲)		兔	死	狐	悲
simp. ^#(兔死狐悲)		兔	死	狐	悲
Literally: “the fox grieves when the rabbit dies”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tùsǐhúbēi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄅㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ sei² wu⁴ bei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tùsǐhúbēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄅㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tùsǐhhúbei
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-ssŭ³-hu²-pei¹
  - Yale: tù-sž-hú-bēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhsyyhwubei
  - Palladius: тусыхубэй (tusyxubɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou³ sei² wu⁴ bei¹
  - Yale: tou séi wùh bēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ sei² wu⁴ bei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou³ séi² wu⁴ béi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ sei̯³⁵ wuː²¹ pei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

兔死狐悲

(figurative) to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

Synonyms

兔死狐悲，物傷其類／兔死狐悲，物伤其类 (tùsǐhúbēi, wùshāngqílèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (兔死狐悲):

→ Korean: 토사호비(兎死狐悲) (tosahobi)

Others:

→ Japanese: 兎死(うさぎし)すれば狐(きつね)これを悲(かな)しむ (usagi shisureba kitsune kore o kanashimu) (calque)

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