鸞翔鳳翥

Chinese

		(mythical bird); imperial	soar	male fenghuang	soar
trad. (鸞翔鳳翥)		鸞	翔	鳳	翥
simp. (鸾翔凤翥)		鸾	翔	凤	翥
Literally: “firebirds soar, phoenixes soar”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luánxiáng fèngzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁴ coeng⁴ fung⁶ zyu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luánxiáng fèngzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luánsiáng fòngjhù
  - Wade–Giles: luan²-hsiang² fêng⁴-chu⁴
  - Yale: lwán-syáng fèng-jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luanshyang fenqjuh
  - Palladius: луаньсян фэнчжу (luanʹsjan fɛnčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lyun⁴ coeng⁴ fung⁶ zyu³
  - Yale: lyùhn chèuhng fuhng jyu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴ tsoeng⁴ fung⁶ dzy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴ cêng⁴ fung⁶ ju³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ fʊŋ²² t͡syː³³/

Idiom

鸞翔鳳翥

(figurative) flamboyant calligraphy; free and powerful strokes
- 鸞翔鳳翥眾仙下，珊瑚碧樹交枝柯。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  鸾翔凤翥众仙下，珊瑚碧树交枝柯。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 811, Han Yu (韓愈),^{The template Template:lw does not use the parameter(s): collapsed=y
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  Luánxiángfèngzhù zhòngxiān xià, shānhú bìshù jiāo zhīkē. [Pinyin]
  Like phoenix walzing, argus wheeling,
  A host of fairies fast descending,
  Coral and jade trees with their branches entwining.