人心不足蛇吞象
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Chinese
| people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature | not; no | foot; to be sufficient | snake; serpent | to swallow; to take | shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths) | ||
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| trad. (人心不足蛇吞象) | 人心 | 不 | 足 | 蛇 | 吞 | 象 | |
| simp. #(人心不足蛇吞象) | 人心 | 不 | 足 | 蛇 | 吞 | 象 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jan4 sam1 bat1 zuk1 se4 tan1 zoeng6
- Eastern Min (BUC): ìng-*sĭng bók cé̤ṳk siè tŏng chiông
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rénsin bù zú shé tun siàng
- Wade–Giles: jên2-hsin1 pu4 tsu2 shê2 tʻun1 hsiang4
- Yale: rén-syīn bù dzú shé twūn syàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshin bu tzwu sher tuen shianq
- Palladius: жэньсинь бу цзу шэ тунь сян (žɛnʹsinʹ bu czu šɛ tunʹ sjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan4 sam1 bat1 zuk1 se4 tan1 zoeng6
- Yale: yàhn sām bāt jūk sèh tān jeuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan4 sam1 bat7 dzuk7 se4 tan1 dzoeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: yen4 sem1 bed1 zug1 sé4 ten1 zêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ sɛː²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng-*sĭng bók cé̤ṳk siè tŏng chiông
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ siŋ⁵⁵ pouʔ²⁴ t͡søyʔ²⁴ sie⁵³ tʰouŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰuɔŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
Idiom
人心不足蛇吞象
- Being discontent is like a snake swallowing an elephant.