尾大不掉

Chinese

		tail	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	not; no	to drop; to fall
simp. and trad. (尾大不掉)		尾	大	不	掉

末大必折，尾大不掉，君所知也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Mòdàbìzhé, wěidàbùdiào, jūn suǒ zhī yě. [Pinyin]

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Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěidàbùdiào [Phonetic: wěidàbúdiào]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěidàbùdiào
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-ta⁴-pu⁴-tiao⁴
  - Yale: wěi-dà-bù-dyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeidahbudiaw
  - Palladius: вэйдабудяо (vɛjdabudjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ daai⁶ bat¹ diu⁶
  - Yale: méih daaih bāt diuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ daai⁶ bat⁷ diu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ dai⁶ bed¹ diu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuê² dai⁶ bug⁴ diao⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bué tăi puk tiāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ tiau¹¹/

尾大不掉

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