"逃之夭夭" meaning in Chinese

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Verb

IPA: /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰou̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /to²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /tɤ²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/, /tʰou̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/, /to²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴⁻²² iau⁴⁴/, /tɤ²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/, /to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴⁻³³ iau⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: táozhīyāoyāo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄠˊ ㄓ ㄧㄠ ㄧㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tou⁴ zi¹ jiu¹ jiu¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tô-chi-iau-iau, táozhīyāoyāo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], táojhihyaoyao [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻao²-chih¹-yao¹-yao¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], táu-jr̄-yāu-yāu [Mandarin, Yale], taurjyiauiau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], таочжияояо [Mandarin, Palladius], taočžijaojao [Mandarin, Palladius], tòuh jī yīu yīu [Cantonese, Yale], tou⁴ dzi¹ jiu¹ jiu¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], tou⁴ ji¹ yiu¹ yiu¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tô-chi-iau-iau [Hokkien, POJ], tô-tsi-iau-iau [Hokkien, Tai-lo], doici'iau'iaw [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Etymology: A homophonic pun based on the following line from the Classic of Poetry, poem 6 (《詩經·周南·桃夭》), by replacing 桃 (táo, “peach”) with 逃 (táo, “to escape”): : 桃之夭夭,灼灼其華, 之子于歸,宜其室家。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]桃之夭夭,灼灼其华, 之子于归,宜其室家。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Táo zhī yāoyāo, zhuózhuó qí huá, Zhī zǐ yú guī, yí qí shì jiā. [Pinyin] The peach tree is young and elegant; Brilliant are its flowers. This young lady is going to her future home, And will order well her chamber and house. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《詩經·周南·桃夭》)}} (《詩經·周南·桃夭》), {{zh-l|桃|peach}} 桃 (táo, “peach”), {{zh-l|逃|to escape}} 逃 (táo, “to escape”), {{zh-x|桃 @之 @夭-@夭,灼-灼 其 華, 之 子 于 歸,宜 其 室 家。|The peach tree is young and elegant; Brilliant are its flowers. This young lady is going to her future home, And will order well her chamber and house.|collapsed=y|ref=Shijing}} 桃之夭夭,灼灼其華, 之子于歸,宜其室家。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]桃之夭夭,灼灼其华, 之子于归,宜其室家。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Táo zhī yāoyāo, zhuózhuó qí huá, Zhī zǐ yú guī, yí qí shì jiā. [Pinyin] The peach tree is young and elegant; Brilliant are its flowers. This young lady is going to her future home, And will order well her chamber and house. Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 逃之夭夭
  1. (humorous) to flee; to take to one's heels Wikipedia link: Classic of Poetry Tags: humorous Synonyms: 走甲裂褲跤 [Hokkien], 走甲裂裤跤 [Hokkien]

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      "ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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