瞎貓碰死耗子
See also: 瞎猫碰死耗子
Chinese
| blind | cat | to touch; to meet with; to bump | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
mouse; rat | ||
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| trad. (瞎貓碰死耗子) | 瞎 | 貓 | 碰 | 死 | 耗子 | |
| simp. (瞎猫碰死耗子) | 瞎 | 猫 | 碰 | 死 | 耗子 | |
| alternative forms | 瞎貓碰上死耗子／瞎猫碰上死耗子 瞎貓碰到死耗子／瞎猫碰到死耗子 | |||||
| Literally: “a blind cat catches a dead rat”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiāmāo pèng sǐhàozi
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ ㄇㄠ ㄆㄥˋ ㄙˇ ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siamao pèng sǐhhàozi̊h
- Wade–Giles: hsia1-mao1 pʻêng4 ssŭ3-hao4-tzŭ5
- Yale: syā-māu pèng sž-hàu-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiamhau penq syyhaw.tzy
- Palladius: сямао пэн сыхаоцзы (sjamao pɛn syxaoczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰɤŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
瞎貓碰死耗子
- sheer luck; blind coincidence (in attaining something good)