不知有漢，何論魏晉

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)	the Wei and Jin dynasties
trad. (不知有漢，何論魏晉)		不知	有	漢	，	何	論	魏晉
simp. (不知有汉，何论魏晋)		不知	有	汉	，	何	论	魏晋
Literally: “does not know of the existence of the Han dynasty, let alone Wei or Jin”.

Etymology

Part of a line from The Peach Blossom Spring.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhī yǒu Hàn, hé lùn Wèi Jìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄢˋ , ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ jau⁵ hon³, ho⁴ leon⁶ ngai⁶ zeon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhī yǒu Hàn, hé lùn Wèi Jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄢˋ , ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhih yǒu Hàn, hé lùn Wèi Jìn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹ yu³ Han⁴, ho² lun⁴ Wei⁴ Chin⁴
    • Yale: bù-jr̄ yǒu Hàn-, hé lwùn Wèi Jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujy yeou Hann, her luenn Wey Jinn
    • Palladius: бучжи ю Хань, хэ лунь Вэй Цзинь (bučži ju Xanʹ, xɛ lunʹ Vɛj Czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ jau⁵ hon³, ho⁴ leon⁶ ngai⁶ zeon³
    • Yale: bāt jī yáuh hon, hòh leuhn ngaih jeun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ jau⁵ hon³, ho⁴ loen⁶ ngai⁶ dzoen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ yeo⁵ hon³, ho⁴ lên⁶ ngei⁶ zên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ hɔːn³³ hɔː²¹ lɵn²² ŋɐi̯²² t͡sɵn³³/

Phrase

不知有漢，何論魏晉

1. to be blissfully unaware of the surrounding world