空手套白狼

Chinese

		to be empty-handed; to be unarmed
trad. (空手套白狼)		空手	套白狼
simp. ^#(空手套白狼)		空手	套白狼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngshǒu tàobáiláng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄤˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngshǒu tàobáiláng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongshǒu tàobáiláng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-shou³ tʻao⁴-pai²-lang²
  - Yale: kūng-shǒu tàu-bái-láng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshoou tawbairlang
  - Palladius: куншоу таобайлан (kunšou taobajlan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/

Verb

空手套白狼

(idiomatic) to cheat without any investment

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