瞞天過海

Chinese

		conceal from	day; sky; heaven	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	ocean; sea
trad. (瞞天過海)		瞞	天	過	海
simp. (瞒天过海)		瞒	天	过	海
Literally: “to cross the sea without the sky knowing”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mántiānguòhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ tin¹ gwo³ hoi²
Min Nan (POJ): môa-thiⁿ-kòe-hái / môa-thiⁿ-kè-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mántiānguòhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mantianguohhae
  - IPA ^(key): /män³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ tin¹ gwo³ hoi²
  - Yale: mùhn tīn gwo hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ tin¹ gwo³ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ tin¹ guo³ hoi²
  - IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ hɔːy̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-thiⁿ-kòe-hái
  - Tâi-lô: muâ-thinn-kuè-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moa'tvi'koea'hae
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³⁻³³ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue²¹⁻⁴¹ haɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa-thiⁿ-kè-hái
  - Tâi-lô: muâ-thinn-kè-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moa'tvi'kea'hae
  - IPA (Taipei): /muã²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke¹¹⁻⁵³ haɪ⁵³/

Idiom

瞞天過海

to achieve one's aim underhandedly

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