排山倒海

Chinese

		row of logs or boards; a platoon; line up	mountain; hill	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	ocean; sea
trad. (排山倒海)		排	山	倒	海
simp. #(排山倒海)		排	山	倒	海
Literally: “toppling mountains and overturning seas”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páishāndǎohǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴ saan¹ dou² hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phài-sân-tó-hói
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pâi-san-tó-hái / pâi-san-tò-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páishāndǎohǎi [Phonetic: páishāndáohǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páishandǎohǎi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²-shan¹-tao³-hai³
    • Yale: pái-shān-dǎu-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pairshandaohae
    • Palladius: пайшаньдаохай (pajšanʹdaoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai⁴ saan¹ dou² hoi²
    • Yale: pàaih sāan dóu hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴ saan¹ dou² hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴ san¹ dou² hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phài-sân-tó-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: paiˇ san´ do` hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pai² san¹ do³ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰai̯¹¹ san²⁴ to³¹ hoi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâi-san-tó-hái
    • Tâi-lô: pâi-san-tó-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paisandoy'hae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pai²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴ to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâi-san-tò-hái
    • Tâi-lô: pâi-san-tò-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paisandoirhae
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴ to¹¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴ tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hai⁴¹/

Idiom

排山倒海

1. overwhelming; with great power and influence