狐藉虎威

Chinese

		fox	by means of; in disorder	tiger	power; might; prestige
trad. (狐藉虎威)		狐	藉	虎	威
simp. (狐借虎威)		狐	借	虎	威
Literally: “the fox exploits the tiger's might”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hújièhǔwēi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ ze³ fu² wai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hújièhǔwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hújièhǔwei
  - Wade–Giles: hu²-chieh⁴-hu³-wei¹
  - Yale: hú-jyè-hǔ-wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwujiehhuuuei
  - Palladius: хуцзехувэй (xuczexuvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ ze³ fu² wai¹
  - Yale: wùh je fú wāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ dze³ fu² wai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ zé³ fu² wei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ t͡sɛː³³ fuː³⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

狐藉虎威

Alternative form of 狐假虎威 (hújiǎhǔwēi)

Descendants

→ Japanese: 虎の威を借る狐 (tora no i o karu kitsune) (partial calque)

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