紙老虎
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See also: 纸老虎
Chinese[edit]
paper | tiger; tractor | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (紙老虎) | 紙 | 老虎 | |
simp. (纸老虎) | 纸 | 老虎 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhlǎohǔ
- Wade–Giles: chih3-lao3-hu3
- Yale: jř-lǎu-hǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyylaohuu
- Palladius: чжилаоху (čžilaoxu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi2 lou5 fu2
- Yale: jí lóuh fú
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi2 lou5 fu2
- Guangdong Romanization: ji2 lou5 fu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zua2 lao6 houn2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuá lău hóuⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sua⁵²⁻³⁵ lau³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/
- (Teochew)
Noun[edit]
紙老虎
- (literal and figurative) paper tiger
- 一切反動派都是紙老虎。看起來,反動派的樣子是可怕的,但是實際上並沒有什麼了不起的力量。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1946, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《和美國記者安娜·劉易斯·斯特朗的談話》 (Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Yīqiè fǎndòngpài dōu shì zhǐlǎohǔ. Kàn qǐlái, fǎndòngpài de yàngzǐ shì kěpà de, dànshì shíjìshàng bìng méiyǒu shénme lebùqǐ de lìliàng. [Pinyin]
- All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful.
一切反动派都是纸老虎。看起来,反动派的样子是可怕的,但是实际上并没有什么了不起的力量。 [MSC, simp.]