反客為主

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	customer; visitor; guest	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (反客為主)		反	客	為	主
simp. (反客为主)		反	客	为	主
Literally: “to make the guest and host exchange roles”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎnkèwéizhǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² haak³ wai⁴ zyu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǎnkèwéizhǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faankehweijuu
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰɤ⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan² haak³ wai⁴ zyu²
  - Yale: fáan haak wàih jyú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan² haak⁸ wai⁴ dzy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan² hag³ wei⁴ ju²
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːn³⁵ hɑːk̚³ wɐi̯²¹ t͡ɕyː³⁵/

Idiom

反客為主

to turn from passive to active behaviour

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