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

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

gone forever and without a trace

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