急流勇退

Chinese

		rapid stream; rapid; torrent
simp. and trad. (急流勇退)		急流	勇退

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíliúyǒngtuì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gap¹ lau⁴ jung⁵ teoi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jíliúyǒngtuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiliouyeongtuey
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ i̯ʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gap¹ lau⁴ jung⁵ teoi³
  - Yale: gāp làuh yúhng teui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gap⁷ lau⁴ jung⁵ toey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: geb¹ leo⁴ yung⁵ têu³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐp̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ jʊŋ¹³ tʰɵy̯³³/

Idiom

急流勇退

withdrawing (receding, drawing back) while ahead (often so as to avoid disaster, etc.)

山口百惠的急流勇退 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Shānkǒu Bǎihuì de jíliúyǒngtuì [Pinyin]
Momoe Yamaguchi's retirement at the height of her career

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