老奸巨猾

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	traitor	very large; huge; tremendous very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic	sly
trad. (老奸巨猾/老姦巨猾)		老	奸/姦	巨	猾
simp. (老奸巨猾)		老	奸	巨	猾
alternative forms		老奸巨滑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎojiānjùhuá

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gaan¹ geoi⁶ waat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎojiānjùhuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎojianjyùhuá
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-chien¹-chü⁴-hua²
  - Yale: lǎu-jyān-jyù-hwá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laojianjiuhhwa
  - Palladius: лаоцзяньцзюйхуа (laoczjanʹczjujxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ gaan¹ geoi⁶ waat⁶
  - Yale: lóuh gāan geuih waaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gaan¹ goey⁶ waat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ gan¹ gêu⁶ wad⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kaːn⁵⁵ kɵy̯²² waːt̚²/

Idiom

老奸巨猾

to be extremely cunning and crafty; to be a wily old fox; to be an old hand at trickery and deception

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