桃李滿門

Chinese

		peaches and plums; peach flowers and plum flowers	entire family; whole family
trad. (桃李滿門)		桃李	滿門
simp. (桃李满门)		桃李	满门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táolǐmǎnmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄢˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ lei⁵ mun⁵ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táolǐmǎnmén [Phonetic: táolímǎnmén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄢˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táolǐmǎnmén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-li³-man³-mên²
    • Yale: táu-lǐ-mǎn-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurliimaanmen
    • Palladius: таолиманьмэнь (taolimanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ män²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ lei⁵ mun⁵ mun⁴
    • Yale: tòuh léih múhn mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ lei⁵ mun⁵ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ léi⁵ mun⁵ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ lei̯¹³ muːn¹³ muːn²¹/

Idiom

桃李滿門

1. (of a teacher) to have taught a great number of pupils (usually over a long period of time)

Synonyms

• 桃李滿天下／桃李满天下 (táolǐ mǎn tiānxià)