明修棧道,暗渡陳倉
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clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty |
to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate |
plank road built on wooden brackets fixed onto the face of a cliff | dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret |
to cross; to pass through; to ferry | Chencang | |||
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trad. (明修棧道,暗渡陳倉) | 明 | 修 | 棧道 | , | 暗 | 渡 | 陳倉 | |
simp. (明修栈道,暗渡陈仓) | 明 | 修 | 栈道 | , | 暗 | 渡 | 陈仓 | |
alternative forms | 明修棧道,暗度陳倉/明修栈道,暗度陈仓 | |||||||
Literally: “repair the plank road openly while secretly crossing [the Wei River] at Chencang”. |
Etymology
Referring to a stratagem used by Liu Bang in 206 BC against Xiang Yu of Chu.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄓㄢˋ ㄉㄠˋ , ㄢˋ ㄉㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄘㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: míngsioujhàndào, àndùchéncang
- Wade–Giles: ming2-hsiu1-chan4-tao4, an4-tu4-chʻên2-tsʻang1
- Yale: míng-syōu-jàn-dàu-, àn-dù-chén-tsāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingshioujanndaw, annduhcherntsang
- Palladius: минсючжаньдао, аньдучэньцан (minsjučžanʹdao, anʹdučɛnʹcan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ming4 sau1 zaan6 dou6, am3 dou6 can4 cong1
- Yale: mìhng sāu jaahn douh, am douh chàhn chōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ming4 sau1 dzaan6 dou6, am3 dou6 tsan4 tsong1
- Guangdong Romanization: ming4 seo1 zan6 dou6, em3 dou6 cen4 cong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɪŋ²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡saːn²² tou̯²² ɐm³³ tou̯²² t͡sʰɐn²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
明修棧道,暗渡陳倉
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