飛蛾撲火
Chinese
| moth | rush on | fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (飛蛾撲火) | 飛蛾 | 撲 | 火 | |
| simp. (飞蛾扑火) | 飞蛾 | 扑 | 火 | |
| Literally: “a moth flies into the flame”. | ||||
Alternative forms
- 飛蛾投火 / 飞蛾投火, 飛蛾赴火 / 飞蛾赴火
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fēi'épūhuǒ
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄜˊ ㄆㄨ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fei-épuhuǒ
- Wade–Giles: fei1-o2-pʻu1-huo3
- Yale: fēi-é-pū-hwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feierpuhuoo
- Palladius: фэйэпухо (fɛjɛpuxo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵ pʰu⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fei1 ngo4 pok3 fo2
- Yale: fēi ngòh pok fó
- Cantonese Pinyin: fei1 ngo4 pok8 fo2
- Guangdong Romanization: féi1 ngo4 pog3 fo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fei̯⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹ pʰɔːk̚³ fɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
飛蛾撲火
- (figurative) to court self-destruction; to look for someone's own demise