劍走偏鋒
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Chinese
[edit](double-edged) sword | to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave |
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trad. (劍走偏鋒) | 劍 | 走 | 偏鋒 | |
simp. (剑走偏锋) | 剑 | 走 | 偏锋 |
Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄆㄧㄢ ㄈㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiànzǒupianfong
- Wade–Giles: chien4-tsou3-pʻien1-fêng1
- Yale: jyàn-dzǒu-pyān-fēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianntzooupianfeng
- Palladius: цзяньцзоупяньфэн (czjanʹczoupjanʹfɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gim3 zau2 pin1 fung1
- Yale: gim jáu pīn fūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gim3 dzau2 pin1 fung1
- Guangdong Romanization: gim3 zeo2 pin1 fung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kiːm³³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ pʰiːn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]劍走偏鋒
- (martial arts) to use a sword with fast, flexible and unexpected movements
- (figuratively) to break the normal procedure and find a new or different solution in order to be unexpected and novelty