煮熟的鴨子飛了

Chinese

		to cook; to boil	familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	duck; male prostitute; rentboy duck; male prostitute; rentboy; moneyboy	to fly	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
trad. (煮熟的鴨子飛了)		煮	熟	的	鴨子	飛	了
simp. (煮熟的鸭子飞了)		煮	熟	的	鸭子	飞	了
Literally: “the cooked duck flew away”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔ shú de yāzi fēi le, zhǔ shóu de yāzi fēi le

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗ ㄈㄟ ˙ㄌㄜ, ㄓㄨˇ ㄕㄡˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗ ㄈㄟ ˙ㄌㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔ shú de yāzi fēi le
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗ ㄈㄟ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔ shú de̊ yazi̊h fei le̊
    • Wade–Giles: chu³ shu² tê⁵ ya¹-tzŭ⁵ fei¹ lê⁵
    • Yale: jǔ shú de yā-dz fēi le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu shwu .de ia.tzy fei .le
    • Palladius: чжу шу дэ яцзы фэй лэ (čžu šu dɛ jaczy fɛj lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu³⁵ d̥ə³ jä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² feɪ̯⁵⁵ lə²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔ shóu de yāzi fēi le
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄕㄡˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗ ㄈㄟ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔ shóu de̊ yazi̊h fei le̊
    • Wade–Giles: chu³ shou² tê⁵ ya¹-tzŭ⁵ fei¹ lê⁵
    • Yale: jǔ shóu de yā-dz fēi le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu shour .de ia.tzy fei .le
    • Palladius: чжу шоу дэ яцзы фэй лэ (čžu šou dɛ jaczy fɛj lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵ d̥ə³ jä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² feɪ̯⁵⁵ lə²/

Idiom

煮熟的鴨子飛了

1. to lose what one has already got