鼻哥窿擔遮——避無可避

See also: 鼻哥窿担遮——避无可避

Chinese

		nostril	to carry an umbrella		to have nowhere to hide; inevitable; unavoidable
trad. (鼻哥窿擔遮——避無可避)		鼻哥窿	擔遮	——	避無可避
simp. (鼻哥窿担遮——避无可避)		鼻哥窿	担遮	——	避无可避
Literally: “the nostril holds an umbrella—to have nowhere to hide”.

Etymology

避無可避／避无可避 (“to have nowhere to hide”) is homophonous to 鼻毛可避 (“nose hairs can hide”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ go¹ lung^4-1 daam¹ ze¹, bei⁶ mou⁴ ho² bei⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ go¹ lung^4-1 daam¹ ze¹, bei⁶ mou⁴ ho² bei⁶
    • Yale: beih gō lūng dāam jē, beih mòuh hó beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ go¹ lung^4-1 daam¹ dze¹, bei⁶ mou⁴ ho² bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ go¹ lung^4-1 dam¹ zé¹, béi⁶ mou⁴ ho² béi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² kɔː⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵ taːm⁵⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ pei̯²² mou̯²¹ hɔː³⁵ pei̯²²/

Idiom

鼻哥窿擔遮——避無可避

1. (Cantonese) to have nowhere to flee or hide