瞎貓逮死耗子
Chinese
| blind | cat | catch; seize; until catch; seize; until; arrest |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
mouse; rat | ||
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| trad. (瞎貓逮死耗子) | 瞎 | 貓 | 逮 | 死 | 耗子 | |
| simp. (瞎猫逮死耗子) | 瞎 | 猫 | 逮 | 死 | 耗子 | |
| Literally: “a blind cat catches a dead rat”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiāmāo dǎ sǐhàozi [Phonetic: xiāmāodásǐhàozi]
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ ㄇㄠ ㄉㄚˇ ㄙˇ ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siamao dǎ sǐhhàozi̊h
- Wade–Giles: hsia1-mao1 ta3 ssŭ3-hao4-tzŭ5
- Yale: syā-māu dǎ sž-hàu-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiamhau daa syyhaw.tzy
- Palladius: сямао да сыхаоцзы (sjamao da syxaoczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
瞎貓逮死耗子
- sheer luck; blind coincidence (in attaining something good)