四面受敵

Chinese

		four directions; all sides; all around	to be attacked by the enemy
trad. (四面受敵)		四面	受敵
simp. (四面受敌)		四面	受敌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìmiànshòudí

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄉㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìmiànshòudí
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄉㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhmiànshòudí
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-mien⁴-shou⁴-ti²
  - Yale: sz̀-myàn-shòu-dí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhmiannshowdyi
  - Palladius: сымяньшоуди (symjanʹšoudi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ti³⁵/

Idiom

四面受敵

to be under attack from every direction

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