大魚吃小魚

See also: 大鱼吃小鱼

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	fish	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	small fish
trad. (大魚吃小魚)		大	魚	吃	小魚
simp. (大鱼吃小鱼)		大	鱼	吃	小鱼
Literally: “The big fish eat the little fish”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dà yú chī xiǎo yú

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dà yú chī xiǎo yú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dà yú chih siǎo yú
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴ yü² chʻih¹ hsiao³ yü²
  - Yale: dà yú chr̄ syǎu yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dah yu chy sheau yu
  - Palladius: да юй чи сяо юй (da juj či sjao juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/

Proverb

大魚吃小魚

Short for 大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米／大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米 (dàyú chī xiǎoyú, xiǎoyú chī xiāmi).

See also

Thai: ปลาใหญ่กินปลาเล็ก

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