太歲頭上動土

See also: 太岁头上动土

Chinese

			top of the head; crown; overhead top of the head; crown; overhead; above	to break ground; to start building
trad. (太歲頭上動土)		太歲	頭上	動土
simp. (太岁头上动土)		太岁	头上	动土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàisuì tóushàng dòngtǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ seoi³ tau⁴ soeng⁶ dung⁶ tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàisuì tóushàng dòngtǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàisuèi tóushàng dòngtǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-sui⁴ tʻou²-shang⁴ tung⁴-tʻu³
  - Yale: tài-swèi tóu-shàng dùng-tǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taysuey tourshanq donqtuu
  - Palladius: тайсуй тоушан дунту (tajsuj toušan duntu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ seoi³ tau⁴ soeng⁶ dung⁶ tou²
  - Yale: taai seui tàuh seuhng duhng tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ soey³ tau⁴ soeng⁶ dung⁶ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ sêu³ teo⁴ sêng⁶ dung⁶ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ sɵy̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹ sœːŋ²² tʊŋ²² tʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

太歲頭上動土

to beard the lion; to offend or provoke the most powerful; to provoke somebody far superior in power or strength

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 老虎頭上釘蝨乸／老虎头上钉虱乸
(Hakka) 老虎頭上捉蝨嫲／老虎头上捉虱嫲

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