聞風喪膽

Chinese

		hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	lose (by death); mourning; funeral	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (聞風喪膽)		聞	風	喪	膽
simp. (闻风丧胆)		闻	风	丧	胆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénfēngsàngdǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄥ ㄙㄤˋ ㄉㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ fung¹ song³ daam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénfēngsàngdǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄥ ㄙㄤˋ ㄉㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnfongsàngdǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-fêng¹-sang⁴-tan³
    • Yale: wén-fēng-sàng-dǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenfengsanqdaan
    • Palladius: вэньфэнсандань (vɛnʹfɛnsandanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁴ fung¹ song³ daam²
    • Yale: màhn fūng song dáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ fung¹ song³ daam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fung¹ song³ dam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɔːŋ³³ taːm³⁵/

Idiom

聞風喪膽

1. to be extremely terrified of a certain person, group or thing