蜀中無大將，廖化作先鋒

Chinese

		Sichuan	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	not have	senior general; high-ranking officer		Liao Hua	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	vanguard; van; leader vanguard; van; leader; pioneer
trad. (蜀中無大將，廖化作先鋒)		蜀	中	無	大將	，	廖化	作	先鋒
simp. (蜀中无大将，廖化作先锋)		蜀	中	无	大将	，	廖化	作	先锋
Literally: “When there are no generals left in Shu Han, even Liao Hua can become the leader”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǔ zhōng wú dàjiàng, Liào Huà zuò xiānfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ , ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ zung¹ mou⁴ daai⁶ zoeng³, liu⁶ faa³ zok³ sin¹ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shǔ zhōng wú dàjiàng, Liào Huà zuò xiānfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ , ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shǔ jhong wú dàjiàng, Liào Huà zuò sianfong
    • Wade–Giles: Shu³ chung¹ wu² ta⁴-chiang⁴, Liao⁴ Hua⁴ tso⁴ hsien¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: Shǔ jūng wú dà-jyàng-, Lyàu Hwà dzwò syān-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuu jong wu dahjianq, Liaw Huah tzuoh shianfeng
    • Palladius: Шу чжун у дацзян, Ляо Хуа цзо сяньфэн (Šu čžun u daczjan, Ljao Xua czo sjanʹfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk⁶ zung¹ mou⁴ daai⁶ zoeng³, liu⁶ faa³ zok³ sin¹ fung¹
    • Yale: suhk jūng mòuh daaih jeung, liuh fa jok sīn fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ dzung¹ mou⁴ daai⁶ dzoeng³, liu⁶ faa³ dzok⁸ sin¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ zung¹ mou⁴ dai⁶ zêng³, liu⁶ fa³ zog³ xin¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ taːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ³³ liːu̯²² faː³³ t͡sɔːk̚³ siːn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

蜀中無大將，廖化作先鋒

1. in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; when the cat's away the mice will play

Synonyms

• 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王／山中无老虎，猴子称大王 (shān zhōng wú lǎohǔ, hóuzi chēng dàwáng)
• 池中無魚蝦自大／池中无鱼虾自大 (chí zhōng wú yú xiā zìdà)