關帝爺面前弄關刀
Chinese
| Guan Yu | in front of one's face; in front; the present time | to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley |
guandao | ||
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| trad. (關帝爺面前弄關刀) | 關帝爺 | 面前 | 弄 | 關刀 | |
| simp. (关帝爷面前弄关刀) | 关帝爷 | 面前 | 弄 | 关刀 | |
| Literally: “to brandish one's large broadsword in front of Guan Yu”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koan-tè-iâ bīn-chêng lāng koan-to
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-tè-iâ bīn-chêng lāng koan-to
- Tâi-lô: kuan-tè-iâ bīn-tsîng lāng kuan-to
- Phofsit Daibuun: koandea'iaa bixnzeeng lang koandoy
- IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² te²¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴⁻²² bin²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²²⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
關帝爺面前弄關刀