泥牛入海

Chinese

		restrained; mud; paste restrained; mud; paste; pulp	ox; cow; bull	to enter the sea
trad. (泥牛入海)		泥	牛	入海
simp. #(泥牛入海)		泥	牛	入海
Literally: “a clay ox entering the sea”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níniú-rùhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴ ngau⁴ jap⁶ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níniú-rùhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nínióurùhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-niu²-ju⁴-hai³
    • Yale: ní-nyóu-rù-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niniouruhhae
    • Palladius: нинюжухай (ninjužuxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ʐu⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nai⁴ ngau⁴ jap⁶ hoi²
    • Yale: nàih ngàuh yahp hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴ ngau⁴ jap⁹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴ ngeo⁴ yeb⁶ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹ jɐp̚² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

泥牛入海

1. gone forever and without a trace