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夸父追日
夸父追日
Chinese
Kua Fu
pursue (a problem); to chase
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp.
and
trad.
(
夸父追日
)
夸父
追
日
Idiom
夸父追日
to not know one's limitations; to overestimate one's abilities
Synonyms
夸父逐日
(
kuāfù-zhúrì
)
References
Kua Fu
on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia
Etymology
Literally:
Kua Fu
chases the sun (see
Wikipedia
article
on
Kua Fu
for the background story)
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
kuāfù-zhuīrì
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄟ ㄖˋ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
kwaa
1
fu
6
zeoi
1
jat
6
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
kuāfù-zhuīrì
Zhuyin
:
ㄎㄨㄚ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄟ ㄖˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
kuafuhjueiryh
IPA
(key)
:
/kʰu̯a̠⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
)
+
Jyutping
:
kwaa
1
fu
6
zeoi
1
jat
6
Yale
:
kw
ā
fuh j
ē
ui yaht
Cantonese Pinyin
:
kwaa
1
fu
6
dzoey
1
jat
9
IPA
(
key
)
:
/kʷʰɑː
⁵⁵
fuː²² t͡ɕɵy̯
⁵⁵
jɐt̚²/
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