虎毒不食子

Chinese

		tiger	poison; narcotics	not; no	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (虎毒不食子)		虎	毒	不	食	子
simp. ^#(虎毒不食子)		虎	毒	不	食	子
Literally: “A tiger, though vicious, will not eat its own son.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔdúbùshízǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² duk⁶ bat¹ sik⁶ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǔdúbùshízǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huudwubushytzyy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔdúbùshíhzǐh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tu³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² duk⁶ bat¹ sik⁶ zi²
  - Yale: fú duhk bāt sihk jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² duk⁹ bat⁷ sik⁹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² dug⁶ bed¹ xig⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ tʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚² t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

虎毒不食子

A person, no matter how vicious they are, will not harm their own children.

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