瞞天過海

Chinese

	conceal from	day; sky; heaven	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	ocean; sea
trad. (瞞天過海)	瞞	天	過	海
simp. (瞒天过海)	瞒	天	过	海
Literally: “to cross the sea without the sky knowing”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mántiānguòhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ tin¹ gwo³ hoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boân-thian-kò-hái / môa-thiⁿ-kè-hái / môa-thiⁿ-kòe-hái / môa-thian-kòe-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mántiānguòhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mántianguòhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: man²-tʻien¹-kuo⁴-hai³
  - Yale: mán-tyān-gwò-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mantianguohhae
  - Palladius: маньтяньгохай (manʹtjanʹgoxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ tin¹ gwo³ hoi²
  - Yale: mùhn tīn gwo hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ tin¹ gwo³ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ tin¹ guo³ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boân-thian-kò-hái
  - Tâi-lô: buân-thian-kò-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boantienkoirhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /buan²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴ ko²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-thiⁿ-kè-hái
  - Tâi-lô: muâ-thinn-kè-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moa'tvi'kea'hae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /muã²⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴ ke²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /muã²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ ke¹¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-thiⁿ-kòe-hái
  - Tâi-lô: muâ-thinn-kuè-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moa'tvi'koea'hae
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴ kue²¹⁻⁴¹ hai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-thian-kòe-hái
  - Tâi-lô: muâ-thian-kuè-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moa'tienkoea'hae
  - IPA (Tainan): /muã²⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴ kue²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/

Idiom

瞞天過海

to achieve one's aim underhandedly
- 你無法瞞天過海。 [MSC, trad.]
  你无法瞒天过海。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Double Indemnity, 1944 (OpenSubtitles)
  Nǐ wúfǎ mántiānguòhǎi. [Pinyin]
  You can't get away with it.
- 要是他沒有下令做這個調查她本可以瞞天過海好多年 [MSC, trad.]
  要是他没有下令做这个调查她本可以瞒天过海好多年 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Glass Houses, 2011 (OpenSubtitles)
  yàoshì tā méiyǒu xiàlìng zuò zhège diàochá tā běn kěyǐ mántiānguòhǎi hǎoduō nián [Pinyin]
  If he didn't order this investigation, she could have flown under the radar for years.

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