摧枯拉朽

Chinese

		break; destroy; devastate break; destroy; devastate; ravage; repress	withered; dried up	to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	rotten
simp. and trad. (摧枯拉朽)		摧	枯	拉	朽
Literally: “crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuīkū lāxiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟㄎㄨㄌㄚㄒㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ fu¹ laai¹ nau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cuīkū lāxiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟㄎㄨㄌㄚㄒㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueiku lhasheou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cueiku lasiǒu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰweɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi¹ fu¹ laai¹ nau²
  - Yale: chēui fū lāai náu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ fu¹ laai¹ nau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ fu¹ lai¹ neo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵ läːi̯⁵⁵ nɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

摧枯拉朽

easily destroyed or crushed

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