捅馬蜂窩

Chinese

		poke through	nest of hornets or wasps; difficult or unpleasant person or situation; hornets' nest
trad. (捅馬蜂窩)		捅	馬蜂窩
simp. (捅马蜂窝)		捅	马蜂窝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǒng mǎfēngwō

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tǒng mǎfēngwō [Phonetic: tóngmǎfēngwō]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥㄨㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toong maafenguo
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ u̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹
  - Yale: túng máh fūng wō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung² ma⁵ fung¹ wo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ mäː¹³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ wɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

捅馬蜂窩

(literally and figuratively) to stir up a hornets' nest

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