隻手遮天

Chinese

		single hand; single arm; single-handedly single hand; single arm; single-handedly; unassistedly	to block out the sky
trad. (隻手遮天)		隻手	遮天
simp. (只手遮天)		只手	遮天
Literally: “to block out the sky with one hand (and pretend that it is not there)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīshǒuzhētiān

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ sau² ze¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīshǒuzhētiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihshǒujhetian
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-shou³-chê¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: jr̄-shǒu-jē-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyshooujetian
  - Palladius: чжишоучжэтянь (čžišoučžɛtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zek³ sau² ze¹ tin¹
  - Yale: jek sáu jē tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ sau² dze¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zég³ seo² zé¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

隻手遮天

to hide the truth (from the public or masses)

Synonyms

一手遮天 (yīshǒuzhētiān)

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