遠走高飛

Chinese

	far; distant; remote	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	to soar; to fly high; to escape to somewhere far away
trad. (遠走高飛)	遠	走	高飛
simp. (远走高飞)	远	走	高飞
Literally: “to run far away like a beast and fly high like a bird”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuǎnzǒugāofēi

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄠㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ zau² gou¹ fei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yén-chéu-kô-pî / yán-chéu-kô-pî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-chó͘-ko-hui / oán-cháu-ko-hui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnzǒugāofēi [Phonetic: yuánzǒugāofēi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄠㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnzǒugaofei
  - Wade–Giles: yüan³-tsou³-kao¹-fei¹
  - Yale: ywǎn-dzǒu-gāu-fēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuantzoougaufei
  - Palladius: юаньцзоугаофэй (juanʹczougaofɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁵ zau² gou¹ fei¹
  - Yale: yúhn jáu gōu fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ dzau² gou¹ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ zeo² gou¹ féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yén-chéu-kô-pî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˋ zeu^ˋ go^ˊ bi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ zeu³ go¹ bi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en³¹ t͡seu̯³¹ ko²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yán-chéu-kô-pî
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˋ zeu^ˋ go^ˊ bi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ zeu³ go¹ bi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an³¹ t͡seu̯³¹ ko²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-chó͘-ko-hui
  - Tâi-lô: uán-tsóo-ko-hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnzofkoi'huy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-cháu-ko-hui
  - Tâi-lô: uán-tsáu-ko-hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnzaw'koi'huy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/

Idiom

遠走高飛

to leave somewhere for a very faraway place (in order to escape)
- 1989, Cui Jian, “假行僧 [Fake Monk]”, in 新長征路上的搖滾 [Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March], performed by Cui Jian:
  
  要愛上我你就別怕後悔　總有一天我要遠走高飛　我不想留在一個地方　也不願有人跟隨 [MSC, trad.]
  要爱上我你就别怕后悔　总有一天我要远走高飞　我不想留在一个地方　也不愿有人跟随 [MSC, simp.]
  Yào àishàng wǒ nǐ jiù biépà hòuhuǐ, Zǒng yǒu yītiān wǒ yào yuǎnzǒugāofēi, Wǒ bùxiǎng liú zài yīge dìfang, Yě bùyuàn yǒurén gēnsuí [Pinyin]
  Don't be afraid of being regretful if you fall in love with me / I'll leave here for very faraway places one fine day / I'm unwilling to stay at one place / I'm unwilling to be followed by anyone too
- 2011, Chan Ya-wen, “欠情歌”, in 山伯英台‎^[1], performed by Chan Ya-wen:
  
  遠走高飛趕向前途　委屈要躲躲無路 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  远走高飞赶向前途　委屈要躲躲无路 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  oán-cháu-ko-hui kóaⁿ hiòng chiân-tô͘, úi-khut beh bih bih bô-lō͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  [I] leave for a very faraway place, rushing towards prospects; [I] feel aggrieved, want to hide, but there's no way to hide

Synonyms

高飛遠走／高飞远走
高飛遠遁／高飞远遁
高飛遠集／高飞远集