四面受敵

Chinese

		four directions; all sides; all around	to be attacked by the enemy
trad. (四面受敵)		四面	受敵
simp. (四面受敌)		四面	受敌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìmiànshòudí

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄉㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìmiànshòudí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhmiànshòudí
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-mien⁴-shou⁴-ti²
    • Yale: sz̀-myàn-shòu-dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhmiannshowdyi
    • Palladius: сымяньшоуди (symjanʹšoudi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ti³⁵/

Idiom

四面受敵

1. to be under attack from every direction