倒掛臘鴨——油嘴滑舌

Chinese

		to hang upside down; to be reversed	dried preserved duck; rubbish; trash		speaking in a confident way but without careful thought or honesty; glib, being a fast-talker
trad. (倒掛臘鴨——油嘴滑舌)		倒掛	臘鴨	——	油嘴滑舌
simp. (倒挂腊鸭——油嘴滑舌)		倒挂	腊鸭	——	油嘴滑舌
Literally: “A dried preserved duck hung upside down - mouth becomes full of oil and tongue becomes slippery”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoguà làyā, yóuzuǐhuáshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄧㄚ , ㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ gwaa³ laap⁶ aap^3-2, jau⁴ zeoi² waat⁶ sit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoguà làyā, yóuzuǐhuáshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄧㄚ , ㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoguà làya, yóuzuěihuáshé
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-kua⁴ la⁴-ya¹, yu²-tsui³-hua²-shê²
    • Yale: dàu-gwà là-yā-, yóu-dzwěi-hwá-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawguah lahia, youtzoeihwasher
    • Palladius: даогуа лая, юцзуйхуашэ (daogua laja, juczujxuašɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹ jä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ gwaa³ laap⁶ aap^3-2, jau⁴ zeoi² waat⁶ sit³
    • Yale: dou gwa laahp áap, yàuh jéui waaht sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ gwaa³ laap⁹ aap^8-2, jau⁴ dzoey² waat⁹ sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ gua³ lab⁶ ab^3-2, yeo⁴ zêu² wad⁶ xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ kʷaː³³ laːp̚² aːp̚³⁻³⁵ jɐu̯²¹ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ waːt̚² siːt̚³/

Idiom

倒掛臘鴨——油嘴滑舌

1. speaking in a confident way but without careful thought or honesty; glib, being a fast-talker