皇帝不急，急死太監

Chinese

emperor not; no hurried; worried hurried; worried
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 a eunuch of a palace or court; an imperial eunuch
trad. (皇帝不急，急死太監) 皇帝 不 急 ， 急 死 太監
simp. (皇帝不急，急死太监) 皇帝 不 急 ， 急 死 太监

Etymology

Literally: The emperor is not worried, but the eunuchs are worried to death.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huángdì bù jí, jí sǐ tàijiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: huángdì bù jí, jí sǐ tàijiàn
      • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangdih bu4 jyi, jyi syy tayjiann
      • IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Proverb

皇帝不急，急死太監

  1. The person involved is calm and collected, but observers are very worried.
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