無獨有偶

Chinese

		not have	alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate
trad. (無獨有偶)		無	獨	有	偶
simp. (无独有偶)		无	独	有	偶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúdúyǒu'ǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ duk⁶ jau⁵ ngau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúdúyǒu'ǒu [Phonetic: wúdúyóuǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wudwuyeouoou
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ tu³⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ duk⁶ jau⁵ ngau⁵
  - Yale: mòuh duhk yáuh ngáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ duk⁹ jau⁵ ngau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ dug⁶ yeo⁵ ngeo⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ tʊk̚² jɐu̯¹³ ŋɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

無獨有偶

to coincidentally have a parallel; to happen to have a similar counterpart

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