明槍易躲，暗箭難防

Chinese
change; easy; simple
 
avoid; get out of way; to hide
avoid; get out of way; to hide; to go into hiding
 
arrow shot from hiding; underhanded attack; intrigue
arrow shot from hiding; underhanded attack; intrigue; stab in the back
 
disaster; distress; to scold
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
 to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (明槍易躲，暗箭難防) 明槍 易 躲 ， 暗箭 難 防
simp. (明枪易躲，暗箭难防) 明枪 易 躲 ， 暗箭 难 防
Literally: “A spear (thrown in) daylight is easy to dodge, (but) an arrow (shot in the) dark is difficult to defend against.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): míngqiāng yì duǒ, ànjiàn nán fáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛˇ , ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ming4 coeng1 ji6 do2 am3 zin3 naan4 fong4
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: míngqiāng yì duǒ, ànjiàn nán fáng
      • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛˇ , ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: míngciang yì duǒ, ànjiàn nán fáng
      • Wade–Giles: ming2-chʻiang1 i4 to3, an4-chien4 nan2 fang2
      • Yale: míng-chyāng yì dwǒ-, àn-jyàn nán fáng
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingchiang yih duoo, annjiann nan farng
      • Palladius: минцян и до, аньцзянь нань фан (mincjan i do, anʹczjanʹ nanʹ fan)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹ tu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ nän³⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
  • Cantonese

Proverb

明槍易躲，暗箭難防

  1. It is easy to dodge an open attack, but difficult to defend against a concealed one.

Synonyms
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