暗箭
Chinese
dark; gloomy; hidden; secret |
arrow | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (暗箭) |
暗 | 箭 | |
| Literally: “arrow shot from hiding”. | |||
Etymology
See 明槍易躲,暗箭難防/明枪易躲,暗箭难防 (míngqiāng yì duǒ, ànjiàn nán fáng).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: am3 zin3
- Yale: am jin
- Cantonese Pinyin: am3 dzin3
- Guangdong Romanization: em3 jin3
- IPA (key): /ɐm³³ t͡siːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-chìⁿ
- Tâi-lô: àm-tsìnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: armcvix
- IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕĩ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕĩ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕĩ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕĩ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕĩ²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
暗箭
- (figuratively) underhanded attack; intrigue; stab in the back
Derived terms
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