倒掛臘鴨——油嘴滑舌

Chinese
to hang upside down; to be reversed dried preserved duck; rubbish; trash speaking in a confident way but without careful thought or honesty; glib, being a fast-talker
trad. (倒掛臘鴨——油嘴滑舌) 倒掛 臘鴨 —— 油嘴滑舌
simp. (倒挂腊鸭——油嘴滑舌) 倒挂 腊鸭 —— 油嘴滑舌
Literally: “A dried preserved duck hung upside down - mouth becomes full of oil and tongue becomes slippery”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàoguà làyā, yóuzuǐhuáshé
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄧㄚ , ㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄜˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): dou3 gwaa3 laap6 aap3-2, jau4 zeoi2 waat6 sit3
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoguà làyā, yóuzuǐhuáshé
      • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄧㄚ , ㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄜˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoguà làya, yóuzuěihuáshé
      • Wade–Giles: tao4-kua4 la4-ya1, yu2-tsui3-hua2-shê2
      • Yale: dàu-gwà là-yā-, yóu-dzwěi-hwá-shé
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawguah lahia, youtzoeihwasher
      • Palladius: даогуа лая, юцзуйхуашэ (daogua laja, juczujxuašɛ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹ jä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

倒掛臘鴨——油嘴滑舌

  1. speaking in a confident way but without careful thought or honesty; glib, being a fast-talker
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