瞠乎其後
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Chinese
stare at something beyond reach | (interrog. part.) | his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) |
back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later | ||
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trad. (瞠乎其後) | 瞠 | 乎 | 其 | 後 | |
simp. (瞠乎其后) | 瞠 | 乎 | 其 | 后 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄏㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chenghucíhòu
- Wade–Giles: chʻêng1-hu1-chʻi2-hou4
- Yale: chēng-hū-chí-hòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenghuchyihow
- Palladius: чэнхуцихоу (čɛnxucixou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caang1 fu4 kei4 hau6
- Yale: chāang fùh kèih hauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang1 fu4 kei4 hau6
- Guangdong Romanization: cang1 fu4 kéi4 heo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ hɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
瞠乎其後
- to lag behind a lot without any hope of catching up; to be left in the dust