捅馬蜂窩

Chinese

		poke through	nest of hornets or wasps; difficult or unpleasant person or situation; hornets' nest
trad. (捅馬蜂窩)		捅	馬蜂窩
simp. (捅马蜂窝)		捅	马蜂窝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǒng mǎfēngwō

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǒng mǎfēngwō [Phonetic: tóngmǎfēngwō]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǒng mǎfongwo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung³ ma³-fêng¹-wo¹
  - Yale: tǔng mǎ-fēng-wō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toong maafenguo
  - Palladius: тун мафэнво (tun mafɛnvo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ wɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹
  - Yale: túng máh fūng wō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung² maa⁵ fung¹ wo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung² ma⁵ fung¹ wo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ maː¹³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ wɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

捅馬蜂窩

(literally and figuratively) to stir up a hornets' nest

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