調虎離山

Chinese

		harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer	tiger	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	mountain; hill
trad. (調虎離山)		調	虎	離	山
simp. (调虎离山)		调	虎	离	山
Literally: “to move the tiger away from the mountain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàohǔlíshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu⁶ fu² lei⁴ saan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiāu-hó͘-lî-san / tiàu-hó͘-lī-san / tiàu-hó͘-lî-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàohǔlíshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàohǔlíshan
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-hu³-li²-shan¹
    • Yale: dyàu-hǔ-lí-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawhuulishan
    • Palladius: дяохулишань (djaoxulišanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu⁶ fu² lei⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: diuh fú lèih sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu⁶ fu² lei⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu⁶ fu² léi⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯²² fuː³⁵ lei̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāu-hó͘-lî-san
    • Tâi-lô: tiāu-hóo-lî-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diauxhoflisafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu-hó͘-lī-san
    • Tâi-lô: tiàu-hóo-lī-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diao'hoflixsafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻²¹ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu-hó͘-lî-san
    • Tâi-lô: tiàu-hóo-lî-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diao'hoflisafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/

Idiom

調虎離山

1. to lure an opponent out; to get rid of an opponent or a problem to achieve one's goal