刀下留人

Chinese

		knife	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (刀下留人)		刀	下	留	人
Literally: “spare the person under the knife”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāoxiàliúrén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ haa⁶ lau⁴ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dāoxiàliúrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daushiahliouren
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou¹ haa⁶ lau⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: dōu hah làuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ haa⁶ lau⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ ha⁶ leo⁴ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ hɑː²² lɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

刀下留人

used as an exclamation requesting that the decapitation of a prisoner be stayed or suspended: Spare him / her!

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