防不勝防

See also: 防不胜防

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	to be not up to; to be unable to bear; to lose to be not up to; to be unable to bear; to lose; to not win	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (防不勝防)		防	不勝	防
simp. (防不胜防)		防	不胜	防

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fángbùshèngfáng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ bat¹ sing¹ fong⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hông-put-sèng-hông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fángbùshèngfáng [Phonetic: fángbúshèngfáng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangrbu4shenqfangr
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴ bat¹ sing¹ fong⁴
  - Yale: fòhng bāt sīng fòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ bat⁷ sing¹ fong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ bed¹ xing¹ fong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-put-sèng-hông
  - Tâi-lô: hông-put-sìng-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongputseanghoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ²³/

Idiom

防不勝防

the utmost care could not prevent it from happening; to be impossible to defend effectively

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