沆瀣一氣

Chinese

		evening mist	one group; one gang; one spell one group; one gang; one spell; a period of time
trad. (沆瀣一氣)		沆瀣	一氣
simp. (沆瀣一气)		沆瀣	一气

Etymology

A story during the Tang dynasty:

又乾符二年，崔沆放崔瀣，譚者稱「座主門生，沆瀣一氣」。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]
又乾符二年，崔沆放崔瀣，谭者称“座主门生，沆瀣一气”。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Song dynasty, 錢易 (Qian Yi), 《南部新書》

Yòu Qiánfú èr nián, Cuī Hàng fàng Cuī Xiè, tánzhě chēng “zuòzhǔ ménshēng, hàngxièyīqì”. [Pinyin]

In the second year of Qianfu (i.e. 875 CE), a student, named Cui Xie, was admitted by an examiner, named Cui Hang, during the imperial examinations. Both Xie and Hang meant “mist of vapour in the air” in Classical Chinese, and people at the time remarked: “the examiner and the student ― Hang and Xie ― are of the same gang”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hàngxièyīqì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ haai⁶ jat¹ hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hàngxièyīqì [Phonetic: hàngxièyíqì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄑㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanqshiehyi1chih
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hong⁴ haai⁶ jat¹ hei³
  - Yale: hòhng haaih yāt hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ haai⁶ jat⁷ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ hai⁶ yed¹ héi³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ hɑːi̯²² jɐt̚⁵ hei̯³³/

Idiom

沆瀣一氣

(pejorative) to act in collusion

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