虎口餘生

Chinese

		a tiger's mouth; the jaws of death	remainder of one's life; one's remaining years; survival after a disaster
trad. (虎口餘生)		虎口	餘生
simp. (虎口余生)		虎口	余生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔkǒuyúshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² hau² jyu⁴ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔkǒuyúshēng [Phonetic: húkǒuyúshēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔkǒuyúsheng
  - Wade–Giles: hu³-kʻou³-yü²-shêng¹
  - Yale: hǔ-kǒu-yú-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huukoouyusheng
  - Palladius: хукоуюйшэн (xukoujujšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² hau² jyu⁴ sang¹
  - Yale: fú háu yùh sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hau² jy⁴ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² heo² yu⁴ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ jyː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

虎口餘生

to survive a disaster; to have a narrow escape

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