家賊難防

Chinese

		thief within a house or family; undiscovered traitor	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (家賊難防)		家賊	難	防
simp. (家贼难防)		家贼	难	防

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāzéinánfáng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄗㄟˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ caak⁶ naan⁴ fong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiāzéinánfáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄗㄟˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiatzeirnanfarng
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiazéinánfáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ caak⁶ naan⁴ fong⁴
  - Yale: gā chaahk nàahn fòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ tsaak⁹ naan⁴ fong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ cag⁶ nan⁴ fong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /käː⁵⁵ t͡sʰäːk̚² näːn²¹ fɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom

家賊難防

it is difficult to guard against a thief within one's house; bad people from within are the most difficult to guard against

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