明知山有虎，偏向虎山行
Chinese
| mountain; hill | to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
tiger | one-sided; to lean; to slant one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side |
direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to |
tiger | mountain; hill | to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional | ||||
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| trad. (明知山有虎，偏向虎山行) | 明知 | 山 | 有 | 虎 | ， | 偏 | 向 | 虎 | 山 | 行 | |
| simp. #(明知山有虎，偏向虎山行) | 明知 | 山 | 有 | 虎 | ， | 偏 | 向 | 虎 | 山 | 行 | |
| Literally: “clearly know there's tigers on the mountain, yet willfully go toward the tigers' mountain”. | |||||||||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): míngzhī shān yǒu hǔ, piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
- (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓ ㄕㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨˇ , ㄆㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄕㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: míngzhī shān yǒu hǔ, piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng [Phonetic: míngzhīshānyóuhǔ,piānxiànghǔshānxíng]
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓ ㄕㄢ ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨˇ , ㄆㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄕㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: míngjhih shan yǒu hǔ, pian siàng hǔ shan síng
- Wade–Giles: ming2-chih1 shan1 yu3 hu3, pʻien1 hsiang4 hu3 shan1 hsing2
- Yale: míng-jr̄ shān yǒu hǔ-, pyān syàng hǔ shān syíng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjy shan yeou huu, pian shianq huu shan shyng
- Palladius: минчжи шань ю ху, пянь сян ху шань син (minčži šanʹ ju xu, pjanʹ sjan xu šanʹ sin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
明知山有虎，偏向虎山行
- to take a risk despite knowing the dangers involved