防不勝防

See also: 防不胜防

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	to not win; to lose; to be not up to to not win; to lose; to be not up to; to be unable to bear	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (防不勝防)		防	不勝	防
simp. (防不胜防)		防	不胜	防

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fángbùshèngfáng, fángbùshēngfáng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ, ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥㄈㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ bat¹ sing¹ fong⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hông-put-sèng-hông

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ bug⁴ sêng³ huang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fángbùshèngfáng [Phonetic: fángbúshèngfáng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fángbùshèngfáng
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-pu⁴-shêng⁴-fang²
  - Yale: fáng-bù-shèng-fáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngbushenqfarng
  - Palladius: фанбушэнфан (fanbušɛnfan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fángbùshēngfáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥㄈㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fángbùshengfáng
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-pu⁴-shêng¹-fang²
  - Yale: fáng-bù-shēng-fáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngbushengfarng
  - Palladius: фанбушэнфан (fanbušɛnfan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴ bat¹ sing¹ fong⁴
  - Yale: fòhng bāt sīng fòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ bat⁷ sing¹ fong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ bed¹ xing¹ fong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-put-sèng-hông
  - Tâi-lô: hông-put-sìng-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongputseanghoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang⁵ bug⁴ sêng³ huang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng puk sèng huâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huaŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

防不勝防

the utmost care could not prevent it from happening; to be impossible to defend effectively

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