人心不足蛇吞象

Chinese

people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature not; no foot; to be sufficient snake; serpent to swallow; to take
 
shape; form; appearance
shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (人心不足蛇吞象) 人心
simp. #(人心不足蛇吞象) 人心

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rénxīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jan4 sam1 bat1 zuk1 se4 tan1 zoeng6
  • Eastern Min (BUC): ìng-*sĭng bók cé̤ṳk siè tŏng chiông

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
      • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsin bù zú shé tun siàng
      • Wade–Giles: jên2-hsin1 pu4 tsu2 shê2 tʻun1 hsiang4
      • Yale: rén-syīn bù dzú shé twūn syàng
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshin bu tzwu sher tuen shianq
      • Palladius: жэньсинь бу цзу шэ тунь сян (žɛnʹsinʹ bu czu šɛ tunʹ sjan)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  • Cantonese
  • Eastern Min
    • (Fuzhou)
      • Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng-*sĭng bók cé̤ṳk siè tŏng chiông
      • Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ siŋ⁵⁵ pouʔ²⁴ t͡søyʔ²⁴ sie⁵³ tʰouŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰuɔŋ²⁴²/

Idiom

人心不足蛇吞象

  1. Being discontent is like a snake swallowing an elephant.
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