如火如荼

Chinese

		as (if); such as	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	as (if); such as	Sonchus oleraceus
simp. and trad. (如火如荼)		如	火	如	荼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúhuǒrútú

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ fo² jyu⁴ tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rúhuǒrútú
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhuuorutwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐu³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ fo² jyu⁴ tou⁴
  - Yale: yùh fó yùh tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ fo² jy⁴ tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ fo² yu⁴ tou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ fɔː³⁵ jyː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

Idiom

如火如荼

(literally) (to have) a mighty army like wildfire
a daunting and vigorous momentum; flourishing; magnificent

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