蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋

Chinese
housefly; fly; low-ranking corrupt employee not; no sting (of mosquito); to ask not have
 
crack; seam; to sew
crack; seam; to sew; to stitch
 
really and truly; aim; clear
really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
 egg; oval shaped
trad. (蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋) 蒼蠅 不 叮 無 縫 的 蛋
simp. (苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋) 苍蝇 不 叮 无 缝 的 蛋
Literally: “a fly does not sting a crackless egg”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄨˊ ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄢˋ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn
      • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄨˊ ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄢˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: cangyi̊ng bù ding wú fòng de̊ dàn
      • Wade–Giles: tsʻang1-ying5 pu4 ting1 wu2 fêng4 tê5 tan4
      • Yale: tsāng-ying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsang.ing bu ding wu fenq .de dann
      • Palladius: цанъин бу дин у фэн дэ дань (canʺin bu din u fɛn dɛ danʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ iŋ² pu⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹ d̥ə¹ tän⁵¹/
    • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngyingbùdīngwúfèngrdedàn
      • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ˙ㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄨˊ ㄈㄥˋㄦ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄉㄢˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: cangyi̊ngbùdingwúfòngrde̊dàn
      • Wade–Giles: tsʻang1-ying5-pu4-ting1-wu2-fêng4-ʼrh-tê5-tan4
      • Yale: tsāng-ying-bù-dīng-wú-fèngr-de-dàn
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsang.ingbudingwufenql.dedann
      • Palladius: цанъинбудинъуфэнрдэдань (canʺinbudinʺufɛnrdɛdanʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ iŋ² pu⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ fɤ̃ɻ⁵¹ d̥ə¹ tän⁵¹/

Proverb

蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋

  1. it takes two to tango

Synonyms
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