東郭先生

Chinese

		surname	one who was born earlier; mister; sir one who was born earlier; mister; sir; gentleman
trad. (東郭先生)		東郭	先生
simp. (东郭先生)		东郭	先生

Etymology

From Ming Dynasty fairy tale The Wolf of Zhongshan, in which the protagonist, a Mohist scholar Mr. Dongguo saved a wolf from being hunted, yet ultimately had himself requested to be eaten by the wolf.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dōng guō xiānshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛㄒㄧㄢㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ gwok³ sin¹ saang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dōng guō xiānshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛㄒㄧㄢㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dong guo siansheng
  - Wade–Giles: tung¹ kuo¹ hsien¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: dūng gwō syān-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong guo shiansheng
  - Palladius: дун го сяньшэн (dun go sjanʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ gwok³ sin¹ saang¹
  - Yale: dūng gwok sīn sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ gwok⁸ sin¹ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ guog³ xin¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ siːn⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

東郭先生

a person who help bad people or the enemy without considering their ulterior intention, ultimately leading to backfire

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