城門失火，殃及池魚

Chinese

		city gate; Shing Mun	to catch fire; to misfire		to suffer as a bystander; to get caught in the crossfire
trad. (城門失火，殃及池魚)		城門	失火	，	殃及池魚
simp. (城门失火，殃及池鱼)		城门	失火	，	殃及池鱼
Literally: “a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngmén shīhuǒ, yāngjí chíyú

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄏㄨㄛˇ , ㄧㄤㄐㄧˊ ㄔˊ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ mun⁴ sat¹ fo², joeng¹ kap⁶ ci⁴ jyu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngmén shīhuǒ, yāngjí chíyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄏㄨㄛˇ , ㄧㄤㄐㄧˊ ㄔˊ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngmén shihhuǒ, yangjí chíhyú
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-mên² shih¹-huo³, yang¹-chi² chʻih²-yü²
  - Yale: chéng-mén shr̄-hwǒ-, yāng-jí chŕ-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngmen shyhuoo, iangjyi chyryu
  - Palladius: чэнмэнь шихо, янцзи чиюй (čɛnmɛnʹ šixo, janczi čijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ mən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ mun⁴ sat¹ fo², joeng¹ kap⁶ ci⁴ jyu⁴
  - Yale: sìhng mùhn sāt fó, yēung kahp chìh yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ mun⁴ sat⁷ fo², joeng¹ kap⁹ tsi⁴ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ mun⁴ sed¹ fo², yêng¹ keb⁶ qi⁴ yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ muːn²¹ sɐt̚⁵ fɔː³⁵ jœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚² t͡sʰiː²¹ jyː²¹/

Idiom

城門失火，殃及池魚

(figurative) to suffer as a bystander; to get caught in the crossfire

Usage notes

The meaning of 池魚 is disputed. One theory said that it is a person (池仲魚)'s name.

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