皇帝不急，急死太監

Chinese
emperor; the Emperor not; no hurried; worried hurried; worried
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch
trad. (皇帝不急，急死太監) 皇帝 不 急 ， 急 死 太監
simp. (皇帝不急，急死太监) 皇帝 不 急 ， 急 死 太监
Literally: “The emperor is not worried, but the eunuchs are worried to death.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huángdì bù jí, jí sǐ tàijiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: huángdì bù jí, jí sǐ tàijiàn → huángdì bù jí, jí sǐ tàijian (toneless final syllable variant)
      • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ → ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄊㄞˋ ˙ㄐㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
      • Tongyong Pinyin: huángdì bù jí, jí sǐh tàijiån
      • Wade–Giles: huang2-ti4 pu4 chi2- chi2 ssŭ3 tʻai4-chien5
      • Yale: hwáng-dì bù jí-, jí sž tài-jyan
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangdih bu jyi, jyi syy tay.jiann
      • Palladius: хуанди бу цзи, цзи сы тайцзянь (xuandi bu czi, czi sy tajczjanʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ³ t͡ɕi³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ³ t͡ɕi³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɛn¹/

Idiom

皇帝不急，急死太監

  1. (figurative) The person involved is calm and collected, but observers are very worried.

Synonyms
  • 皇帝不急太監急／皇帝不急太监急
  • (Cantonese) 皇帝唔急太監急／皇帝唔急太监急
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