調虎離山

Chinese

		harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer	tiger	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	mountain; hill
trad. (調虎離山)		調	虎	離	山
simp. (调虎离山)		调	虎	离	山
Literally: “to move the tiger away from the mountain”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diàohǔlíshān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ fu² lei⁴ saan¹
Min Nan (POJ): tiàu-hó͘-lī-san / tiàu-hó͘-lî-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: diàohǔlíshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawhuulishan
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li³⁵ ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: diu⁶ fu² lei⁴ saan¹
  - Yale: diuh fú lèih sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ fu² lei⁴ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ fu² léi⁴ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² fuː³⁵ lei̯²¹ sɑːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu-hó͘-lī-san / tiàu-hó͘-lî-san
  - Tâi-lô: tiàu-hóo-lī-san / tiàu-hóo-lî-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diao'hoflixsafn, diao'hoflisafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ san⁴⁴/, /tiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁴¹⁻²² san³³/, /tiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ san⁴⁴/, /tiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/, /tiaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻²¹ san⁴⁴/, /tiaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Idiom

調虎離山

to lure an opponent out; to get rid of an opponent or a problem to achieve one's goal

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