葉公好龍

Chinese

			good; well; be fond of	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (葉公好龍)		葉公	好	龍
simp. (叶公好龙)		叶公	好	龙
Literally: “Lord Ye's (Lord She's) fondness for dragons”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yègōnghàolóng, shègōnghàolóng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄏㄠˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ, ㄕㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄏㄠˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³ gung¹ hou³ lung⁴, jip⁶ gung¹ hou³ lung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yègōnghàolóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄏㄠˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehgonghawlong
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, literary variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shègōnghàolóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄏㄠˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehgonghawlong
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sip³ gung¹ hou³ lung⁴, jip⁶ gung¹ hou³ lung⁴
  - Yale: sip gūng hou lùhng, yihp gūng hou lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸ gung¹ hou³ lung⁴, jip⁹ gung¹ hou³ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xib³ gung¹ hou³ lung⁴, yib⁶ gung¹ hou³ lung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ hou̯³³ lʊŋ²¹/, /jiːp̚² kʊŋ⁵⁵ hou̯³³ lʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

葉公好龍

(figuratively) to pretend to be fond of something while actually fearing it

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