一方有難,八方支援

Chinese

one side; one side; one aspect
one side; one side; one aspect; one party
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
disaster; distress; to scold
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
 
eight points of the compass; all around; in all directions; from every direction
 
trad. (一方有難,八方支援) 一方 八方 支援
simp. (一方有难,八方支援) 一方 八方 支援

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīfāng yǒu nàn, bāfāng zhīyuán
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄤ ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄢˋ , ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ ㄓ ㄩㄢˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jat1 fong1 jau5 naan6, baat3 fong1 zi1 wun4

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfāng yǒu nàn, bāfāng zhīyuán [Phonetic: fāng yǒu nàn, bāfāng zhīyuán]
      • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄤ ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄢˋ , ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ ㄓ ㄩㄢˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: yifang yǒu nàn, bafang jhihyuán
      • Wade–Giles: i1-fang1 yu3 nan4, pa1-fang1 chih1-yüan2
      • Yale: yī-fāng yǒu nàn-, bā-fāng jr̄-ywán
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifang yeou nann, bafang jyyuan
      • Palladius: ифан ю нань, бафан чжиюань (ifan ju nanʹ, bafan čžijuanʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

一方有難,八方支援

  1. When one place is struck by disaster, assistance comes from all places.