腳底抹油

Chinese

		sole of the foot	girdle; brassiere; to plaster girdle; brassiere; to plaster; play; to smear	oil; sly
trad. (腳底抹油)		腳底	抹	油
simp. (脚底抹油)		脚底	抹	油
alternative forms		腳底抹油——溜了／脚底抹油——溜了
Literally: “to apply oil to the soles of one's feet”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎodǐmǒyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄇㄛˇ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goek³ dai² mut³ jau⁴, goek³ dai² mut⁶ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎodǐmǒyóu [Phonetic: jiáodímǒyóu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄇㄛˇ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎodǐmǒyóu
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-ti³-mo³-yu²
    • Yale: jyǎu-dǐ-mwǒ-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaudiimooyou
    • Palladius: цзяодимою (czjaodimoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goek³ dai² mut³ jau⁴, goek³ dai² mut⁶ jau⁴
    • Yale: geuk dái mut yàuh, geuk dái muht yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goek⁸ dai² mut⁸ jau⁴, goek⁸ dai² mut⁹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêg³ dei² mud³ yeo⁴, gêg³ dei² mud⁶ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœːk̚³ tɐi̯³⁵ muːt̚³ jɐu̯²¹/, /kœːk̚³ tɐi̯³⁵ muːt̚² jɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

腳底抹油

1. to cut and run; to quickly remove oneself from an undesirable situation