居高臨下
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See also: 居高临下
Chinese
reside | high; tall | to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before |
under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter | ||
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trad. (居高臨下) | 居 | 高 | 臨 | 下 | |
simp. (居高临下) | 居 | 高 | 临 | 下 | |
Literally: “to live high and look down”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi1 gou1 lam4 haa6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku-ko-lîm-hā
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyugaolínsià
- Wade–Giles: chü1-kao1-lin2-hsia4
- Yale: jyū-gāu-lín-syà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiugaulinshiah
- Palladius: цзюйгаолинься (czjujgaolinʹsja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: geoi1 gou1 lam4 haa6
- Yale: gēui gōu làhm hah
- Cantonese Pinyin: goey1 gou1 lam4 haa6
- Guangdong Romanization: gêu1 gou1 lem4 ha6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ haː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-ko-lîm-hā
- Tâi-lô: ku-ko-lîm-hā
- Phofsit Daibuun: ku'koilimha
- IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴⁻²² ha²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
居高臨下
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