隔岸觀火
Chinese
- to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut offbank; shore; beach; coastto look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monasteryfire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (隔岸觀火) 隔 岸 觀 火 simp. (隔岸观火) 隔 岸 观 火 Literally: “to watch the fires burning across the river”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerannguanhuuo
- IPA (key): /kɤ³⁵ ˀa̠n⁵¹ ku̯a̠n⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gaak3 ngon6 gun1 fo2
- Yale: gaak ngohn gūn fó
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaak8 ngon6 gun1 fo2
- Guangdong Romanization: gag3 ngon6 gun1 fo2
- IPA (key): /kɑːk̚³ ŋɔːn²² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Idiom
隔岸觀火
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