恃強凌弱

Chinese

		rely upon	strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	encroach; soar; thick ice	weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
trad. (恃強凌弱)		恃	強	凌	弱
simp. (恃强凌弱)		恃	强	凌	弱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìqiánglíngruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁵ koeng⁴ ling⁴ joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìqiánglíngruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhciánglíngruò
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chʻiang²-ling²-jo⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-chyáng-líng-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhchyanglingruoh
    • Palladius: шицянлинжо (šicjanlinžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁵ koeng⁴ ling⁴ joek⁶
    • Yale: chíh kèuhng lìhng yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁵ koeng⁴ ling⁴ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁵ kêng⁴ ling⁴ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː¹³ kʰœːŋ²¹ lɪŋ²¹ jœːk̚²/

Idiom

恃強凌弱

1. to use one's strength to bully the weak; bullying