尾大不掉

Chinese

		tail	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	not; no	to drop; to fall
simp. and trad. (尾大不掉)		尾	大	不	掉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěidàbùdiào

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ daai⁶ bat¹ diu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěidàbùdiào [Phonetic: wěidàbúdiào]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeidahbudiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ daai⁶ bat¹ diu⁶
  - Yale: méih daaih bāt diuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ daai⁶ bat⁷ diu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ dai⁶ bed¹ diu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ täːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/

Idiom

尾大不掉

large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy, fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates

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