樹倒猢猻散

See also: 树倒猢狲散

Chinese

		tree	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	monkey; macaque	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (樹倒猢猻散)		樹	倒	猢猻	散
simp. (树倒猢狲散)		树	倒	猢狲	散
Literally: “When a tree falls, the monkeys scatter.”

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shù dǎo húsūn sàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣㄙㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁶ dou² wu⁴ syun¹ saan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shù dǎo húsūn sàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣㄙㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shù dǎo húsun sàn
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴ tao³ hu²-sun¹ san⁴
  - Yale: shù dǎu hú-swūn sàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh dao hwusuen sann
  - Palladius: шу дао хусунь сань (šu dao xusunʹ sanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵ sän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu⁶ dou² wu⁴ syun¹ saan³
  - Yale: syuh dóu wùh syūn saan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁶ dou² wu⁴ syn¹ saan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu⁶ dou² wu⁴ xun¹ san³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²² tou̯³⁵ wuː²¹ syːn⁵⁵ saːn³³/

Proverb

樹倒猢猻散

(figurative) When a leader loses power, his/her followers disperse.

Synonyms

(Wu) 樹倒活猻散／树倒活狲散

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